Fifteen years ago today the code for the web was released free.
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It’s April 23rd, 2008. Yesterday was Earth Day. I find myself wondering if the Earth is any different. I imagine that it’s sort of like having a birthday. The celebration and the attention are nice, but do I feel any different? No, not really.
I’m certainly not discounting any Earth-related accomplishments of the day. A quick search via Yahoo! News reveals a wide spectrum of Earth Day activities. But, now what? I think that it was on a bumper sticker that I saw the slogan, “Every day is Earth Day.” But, what does that mean?
I think that I saw the answer tonight. Near our house is a sunken drainage area that empties into a small pond. In the summer this sunken area is filled with tall grasses and reeds, but now it’s littered with trash that blew in over the winter months.
Most of that trash is gone now. It was picked up by a mother and her two small children who wandered back and forth dragging plastic garbage bags and laughing. Seeing this act of caring brought me more hope than any number of “Earth Day” events could.
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Sphere: Related Content Comments rss Trackback Comments rss TrackbackAs much as I am all for using web-based applications, I’m not for using them all the time. Web apps offer all sorts of advantages– the benefits of increased productivity, mobility, etc. The downside is the reliability factor. You’re not in control over the safety of content you produce via a web-based application.
Yeah, that screencap above refers to the latest article I was working on. Rather frustrating. Thankfully, I have a local copy.
As I was telling my wife about this (venting, actually) she turned to me and informed me that using web apps is a lot like being in the financial industry. You’ve got to diversify so that if one sector of the market tanks, you can still meet your investors’ demands by turning more heavily to parts of your portfolio that are not affected.
What does this analogy mean to the web worker? It means that if it’s important, back it up someplace that’s not on the web. If it’s on a local PC, back it up online instead. It means that perhaps one should use one app provider for every piece of content one produces. Numerous other suggestions are out there as well. Email your documents to yourself at a special email address you create for storing these. Purge your account of unneeded content periodically. Perform regular maintenance on your local PC. Consider printing hard copies of particularly important documents. The list goes on, but you get the idea. You only need to lose one piece of important content to drive home how important diversification is to the knowledge worker.
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Sphere: Related Content Comments rss TrackbackHey! ABC! Can you hear me now?? I will give you the benefit of the doubt that you don’t realize that your actions could potentially influence this election. I will not charge you with manipulating your audience because I know that you would never do such a thing. You are an upright and unbiased media producer whose wishes nothing more than to be a clean conduit between ‘the people’ and their government during this most important election period.
I will assume that your decision to delay this broadcast was a simple over site. However, I, and other bloggers, podcaster, citizen journalists, etc., will stand up with the likes of Erin Kotecki Vest and applaud her for her candor.
Erin Kotecki Vest: ABC Show Us the Debate LIVE - The Huffington Post
In case you also missed the other memo, user generated content is kind of a big deal. In fact it has been noted on a few occasions, that it is the driving force behind what is being discussed and what is shaping this election.Time to get with the program. You’re not in charge any more. We are.
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Sphere: Related Content Comments rss Trackback Comments rss TrackbackIs this the release date for Windows XP Service Pack 3? - Download Squad
Citing Neowin, DLS anticipates a 4/29 release of SP 3. Microsoft won’t push the update until June, however. The article points out that if you "grew up" on Vista, you probably don’t get what the big deal is, but legacy Win XP users are fighting for a longer lifespan for XP. For some reason that statement just made me feel old!
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