cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo shared by giveawayboy Taking the swirl metaphor of real life/online connections in a different direction, what follows might be patently obvious. But first, here is some secret insight- If you find that 140 characters cramps your communication style (and please avoid the hokey pokey longer tweet […]
cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo shared by Jess Gambacurta For the last four? five years? I’ve sported the same old quote on the top right of this blog, under “What the CDB”, a slight rewording of my favorite desert author. Time it was to change out the quote, and I found […]
I just created a new page to explain and invite participating in the StoryBoax/PirateBox idea sketched out earlier — you can see the info at the project’s new home http://cogdogblog.com/storybox/. it has instructions there on how you can contribute to the project via a dropbox site, just in case I do not cross paths with […]
In preparation for my upcoming long road time, I’ve been organizing some audio books to fill some of the time/space. There is a veritable bag of gold from the Internet Archive. I also found a decent selection of free (public domain) Adventure Audio Books. A small problem with them is that these are really a […]
(one last post before I exit for camping!) For those in the ds106 Radio fold, this week’s drama has been the reported demise of our New/Old Radio Friend, Scottlo. The “death” part being a bit downloayed, it has been a fascinating thing to watch unfold as he (Scottlo? Otto? Frank?) examines, reinvents, who he is […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog It’s time to shut the lid and go offline. I’m going to pack up the camping gear, the kayak, and head up to Knoll Lake on the Mogollon Rim, to enjoy some mellow time. Might be back tomorrow, or Tuesday, or …. This is a […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog We often frame our ideas about the virtual/online spaces we inhabit as being separate, across some boundary from, the real ones we inhabit- we go binary, either/or, on/off, black/white. Like the image above, I find it not so neatly define, it is a swirl. Bear […]
A few clicks back I coined the made up term “linktribution” to represent the recommended way of thanking someone for use of their open licensed content by linking back to the original. It is the least one can do, eh? Sadly it does not happen nearly enough, note this article on Psychology Today — not […]
cc licensed (BY) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog The smiling hippy chick behind the counter at the restaurant on Nelson handed me my change. "Oh look, you get a lucky dollar coin" (coy smile). Sure, I am in Canada, and people have that "nice" thing going, so I’m ready to believe. And their money is […]
cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo shared by sayhellotojessica Well, actually I wont be there unless you ask. I’ve had some people request a means to get updates from here via email, namely for the upcoming road trips. Yeah, e-mail. that dead thing. I looked at adding a subscription plugin (likely Subscribe2), but […]
