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Archive for October 2004

a long ramble

Posted on 10/28/2004

Last night I went to C’s nonprofit capstone (think senior project) class to talk weblogs, accessibility, and whatever. It turned out to be a fascinating experience, talking all over the map; lots of talk about syndication, which is still not being well expressed outside tech circles.
One woman uses My Yahoo and had seen the […]

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hello world!

Posted on 10/27/2004

I’m just demoing wordpress.
UWT homepage

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my mobility needs

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(riffing off of Tim Bray)
I had a work PDA…well, I still have one, but it’s old and flaky, and I opted out of an upgrade this year. I discovered that I need my calendar at meetings less often that I thought, and the PDA isn’t as good for taking notes as I thought.
We bought […]

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interlocking pieces of accessibility

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consider this a rough version of my thoughts on accessibility and the reasons why. hopefully will fill out as I go.
The worst reason: lawyers
The law in some countries is very clear on Web accessibility. (At least that it’s required, whatever the standard itself may look like.) The United States isn’t one of […]

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on weblogs

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(some notes/talking points)
what is a weblog?
* asterisk
* eowyn797
* Talking Points Memo
* Metafilter
* Pierce College News
* (this!)
what services? (login where I have an account) big 4:
* Blogger
* LiveJournal
* Movable Type
* WordPress
* lots more, including “home-grown” (missouri! but the about missouri link is broken)
syndication
* specs blah blah blah
* easy to read lots of stuff
* oddball uses
* readers: […]

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bleh

Posted on 10/25/2004

tired and uninspired. suddenly reminded, on this rainy day, of all the things I probably should’ve done yesterday, when it was nice out.
although I did wash a few of the windows, and isn’t it lovely to look out of a perfectly clear window onto…the rain?
and our trees are the kind that don’t do beautiful […]

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Hi! This is Elaine Nelson's site, which used to be at epersonae.com, and which is sometimes known as emergency weblog.