http://cogdogblog.com/2005/08/11/quagga/ Alan Levine's space for barking about and playing with technology Fri, 25 May 2012 14:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://cogdogblog.com/2005/08/11/quagga/comment-page-1/#comment-2435 pdZone » Blog Archive » Where are we? Where are we going? Thu, 01 Dec 2005 05:33:18 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/?p=1051#comment-2435 [...] Update: Will’s post on the flattening of the world reiterates what I have written above. Looking at how quickly the “developing world” has developed, it makes me wonder if western society isn’t headed down the quagga trail (sorry Alan - I had to use it!). [...] [...] Update: Will’s post on the flattening of the world reiterates what I have written above. Looking at how quickly the “developing world” has developed, it makes me wonder if western society isn’t headed down the quagga trail (sorry Alan – I had to use it!). [...]

]]> http://cogdogblog.com/2005/08/11/quagga/comment-page-1/#comment-2432 CogDogBlog » Blog Archive » Recently Overheard While Re-Arranging The Deck Chairs on the Listserv Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:06:45 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/?p=1051#comment-2432 [...] Once they were mighty vessels of communication, plowing the Internet waters of the 1980s, 1990s. Yes, the big ships labeled "Listservs" were the place for social networking then, information exchange. I've remarked before about listservs being on the Quagga Trail and I keep my subscriptions to the barest minimum. [...] [...] Once they were mighty vessels of communication, plowing the Internet waters of the 1980s, 1990s. Yes, the big ships labeled “Listservs” were the place for social networking then, information exchange. I’ve remarked before about listservs being on the Quagga Trail and I keep my subscriptions to the barest minimum. [...]

]]> http://cogdogblog.com/2005/08/11/quagga/comment-page-1/#comment-1759 CogDogBlog » Blog Archive » Distributed Conversations: More Than Four Reasons Thu, 25 Aug 2005 05:55:29 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/?p=1051#comment-1759 [...] David's piece also resonates with a recent experience trying to fathom the value of that grand 1980s technology, the email listserv it all begain with a mis=palced question of "blogs vs. listservs" on the ITForum discussion list. That "conversation" is limited by David's reason #2, and in hindsight, seems as plausible as going to a bar near Fenway and trying to start a rational comparison of the superiority of the Yankees (note to blog- as an original Orioles fan and life long Yankee hater, I would never do that . [...] [...] David’s piece also resonates with a recent experience trying to fathom the value of that grand 1980s technology, the email listserv it all begain with a mis=palced question of “blogs vs. listservs” on the ITForum discussion list. That “conversation” is limited by David’s reason #2, and in hindsight, seems as plausible as going to a bar near Fenway and trying to start a rational comparison of the superiority of the Yankees (note to blog- as an original Orioles fan and life long Yankee hater, I would never do that . [...]

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