Comments for Bloggasm http://bloggasm.com Sat, 17 May 2008 22:41:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 Comment on Bill O’reilly’s producer speaks out by Jason Erik Lundberg http://bloggasm.com/bill-oreillys-producer-speaks-out#comment-66101 Sat, 17 May 2008 03:19:03 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/bill-oreillys-producer-speaks-out#comment-66101 LOL! That was awesome. LOL! That was awesome.

]]> Comment on Where in the world is blogger Jon Swift? UPDATE: Possibly found? by bobbo http://bloggasm.com/where-in-the-world-is-blogger-jon-swift#comment-65878 Fri, 16 May 2008 00:01:38 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/where-in-the-world-is-blogger-jon-swift#comment-65878 I believe this blog post was written by Jon Swift. Like "Keys to Lolita," written by Nabokov under a pseudonym. Well played, Jon Swift! I believe this blog post was written by Jon Swift. Like “Keys to Lolita,” written by Nabokov under a pseudonym. Well played, Jon Swift!

]]> Comment on Where in the world is blogger Jon Swift? UPDATE: Possibly found? by Jack http://bloggasm.com/where-in-the-world-is-blogger-jon-swift#comment-65834 Thu, 15 May 2008 16:48:05 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/where-in-the-world-is-blogger-jon-swift#comment-65834 Simon, Given that it's so important to Jon Swift that he remain anonymous, it doesn't seem very nice to take the info you were able to dig up on him---that he works at a NYC law firm with about 200 lawyers---and post it on the internet. Jack Simon,

Given that it’s so important to Jon Swift that he remain anonymous, it doesn’t seem very nice to take the info you were able to dig up on him—that he works at a NYC law firm with about 200 lawyers—and post it on the internet.

Jack

]]> Comment on Where in the world is blogger Jon Swift? UPDATE: Possibly found? by Saskboy http://bloggasm.com/where-in-the-world-is-blogger-jon-swift#comment-65828 Thu, 15 May 2008 15:53:02 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/where-in-the-world-is-blogger-jon-swift#comment-65828 Thanks for the update. Thanks for the update.

]]> Comment on Web 2.0 liberation mythology by Celal http://bloggasm.com/web-20-liberation-mythology#comment-65808 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:27:14 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/web-20-liberation-mythology#comment-65808 <i>Yes, the web provided an avenue to amplify all this — </i> The "cognitive surplus" may have existed here and there is isolated venues and fora; but, the beauty of web 2.0 is that now it has become easily accessible to anyone on the planet with a computer and an internet connection. Isn't that in itself awesome and revolutionary ? Think about the collaboration and the resulting leaps in all areas of culture and knowledge made possible simply by the invention of the printing press 500 years ago. People have long been saying the invention of the internet is analogical to that. Shirky is simply giving the concept it's name. Yes, the web provided an avenue to amplify all this —

The “cognitive surplus” may have existed here and there is isolated venues and fora; but, the beauty of web 2.0 is that now it has become easily accessible to anyone on the planet with a computer and an internet connection. Isn’t that in itself awesome and revolutionary ?

Think about the collaboration and the resulting leaps in all areas of culture and knowledge made possible simply by the invention of the printing press 500 years ago. People have long been saying the invention of the internet is analogical to that. Shirky is simply giving the concept it’s name.

]]> Comment on Where in the world is blogger Jon Swift? UPDATE: Possibly found? by Robert Nagle http://bloggasm.com/where-in-the-world-is-blogger-jon-swift#comment-65645 Wed, 14 May 2008 20:59:15 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/where-in-the-world-is-blogger-jon-swift#comment-65645 You raise an interesting question. If you follow a blogger for a while, what happens if suddenly the posts stop without explanation? The web doesn't often provide closure. A well-known writer basically took her writings offline for 3 years. It was very strange. I didn't care that much about this particular writer, but curiosity gnawed at me nonetheless. What had happened to cause a rabid weblogger to stop? Who will post the message on your blog when you were run over by a truck? It would be nice to say I would find out from the blogosphere, but how likely are you to find out? That's one reason by the way why I think tagging/annotation services like StumbleUpon and delicious can provide a useful function to identify people's comment about a site after it goes into a deep freeze. You raise an interesting question. If you follow a blogger for a while, what happens if suddenly the posts stop without explanation? The web doesn’t often provide closure. A well-known writer basically took her writings offline for 3 years. It was very strange. I didn’t care that much about this particular writer, but curiosity gnawed at me nonetheless. What had happened to cause a rabid weblogger to stop? Who will post the message on your blog when you were run over by a truck? It would be nice to say I would find out from the blogosphere, but how likely are you to find out? That’s one reason by the way why I think tagging/annotation services like StumbleUpon and delicious can provide a useful function to identify people’s comment about a site after it goes into a deep freeze.

]]> Comment on Study shows conservative blog coverage of Obama largely focuses on non-policy issues by AlphaFactor http://bloggasm.com/study-shows-conservative-blog-coverage-of-obama-largely-focuses-on-non-policy-issues#comment-65502 Wed, 14 May 2008 07:00:17 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/study-shows-conservative-blog-coverage-of-obama-largely-focuses-on-non-policy-issues#comment-65502 I'm glad you took the effort to review the blog posts, lad. I share in your frustration that the public discourse in this country has taken on the tone of "if it bleeds, it leads" rather than actual substantive argument. Information outlets intertwined with the conservative agenda like Malkin's board and FOXNews are the most guilty of this-- but I think the rest of the media has to make an effort to bring substantive policy back in the discussion, too. I’m glad you took the effort to review the blog posts, lad.

I share in your frustration that the public discourse in this country has taken on the tone of “if it bleeds, it leads” rather than actual substantive argument.

Information outlets intertwined with the conservative agenda like Malkin’s board and FOXNews are the most guilty of this– but I think the rest of the media has to make an effort to bring substantive policy back in the discussion, too.

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