internet culture
If you engage in discussion on the Internet long enough, you’re bound to encounter it: someone calling someone else a troll. The common interpretation of Troll is the Grimms’ Fairy Tales, Lord of the Rings, “hangs out under a bridge” type of troll. Thus, a troll is someone who
programming languages
I have the very great honor of speaking at this year's EclipseCon with one of my heroes, Clay Shirky. The theme of this year's EclipseCon is collaboration -- so all the talks are presented by two speakers. Our talk, The Social Mind: Designing Like Groups Matter,
programming languages
I can't remember when, exactly, I discovered Clay Shirky, but I suspect it was around 2003 or so. I sent him an email about micropayments, he actually answered it, and we had a rather nice discussion on the topic. I've been a fan of Clay'
community-driven
It's hard to pin down the exact etymology of the word Lazyweb, but it seems to have one primary meaning: 1. Asking a question of an internet audience in the hopes that they will be able to find a solution that you were too lazy or inexperienced to
programming languages
In response to Wil Shipley's recent post about the lack of an iPhone SDK, a reader left this comment: I often enjoy reading these entries, but you always come across as a little bit of an a**hole. Full of yourself, overly critical and a bit mean. Dismissing
content moderation
This Gawker post on blog cliches [http://www.gawker.com/news/blogs/bad-lingo-blogmedia-clichs-222162.php] hits very close to home. It's an "annotated list of words, phrases, and terms that have long overstayed their welcome in the media-blogosphere." I'd have to agree. I'm