in which I write about stuff
came in late, brain still buzzing from digital preservation panel. a lot of the best practices for various web disciplines overlap. best thing copywriters can do is write something that’s worth linking to. bottom line: don’t use “click here” alt text…used to be just a place to reiterate the keyword, and now they’re using them [...]
but first, some mathmatics: long skirt + bike + strong gusty winds = a bad scene a bad scene + a nice pedestrian = skirt distentangled from rear brakes cycling + fruit + iced mocha + 11 hrs sleep = cheerful and intellectually engaged Elaine greenberg is writing a history of vcr’s & video stores! [...]
11 hours of sleep makes a ginormous difference. I’m still kinda drowsy, but I don’t feel so flipping out of it as I did yesterday afternoon & evening. I had a cheese sandwich at Halcyon, then rode to the hotel and crawled into bed.? There was a 24 marathon on, and I tried to watch [...]
Sunday, apparently.? I feel entirely blurry.? would like to go to dinner with Ralph &/or Andrea, but it looks like that isn’t going to happen.? and my typing is all crazy now, which is maybe a sign that I should get a quick bite & then go “home” & sleep.
shawn henry. saw her keynote at highedweb. her grey streaks are so cute. van voor(?). was an accessibility guy at BofA. derek featherstone. faruk ates. isn’t he on the WaSP ETF mailing list? very boyish. show of hands for various things. acronymage, ending with wtf? undue burden on developers, according to shawn. content == stuff. [...]
keep writing, keep writing, keep writing.? so says dooce. so I’m sitting here in a dark room, thinking about writing, and what I’m going to do with writing, and do I have any original thoughts in my brain today? more importantly, am I awake? now I have a half-hour, so I’m going to go find [...]
I’m sitting the back of the overflow room (because that’s where the plug is), and there’s not anything note-taking-worthy, but it’s an enjoyable conversation. she has a lovely light southern accent, btw. I’m just going to sit back and enjoy the chat and hopefully not fall asleep.
or whatever the actual title is…. the break this time was mind-blowing. met Eric Meyer and Molly H. ran into Denise. met George Kelley and a women whose name I don’t remember, but who had streaks of blue in her hair and was described as an obsessive documenter. this is the one that should’ve had [...]
panel. moderator from knowability. “who’s going to clean up this mess?” don’t recognize the panelists, but that doesn’t necessarily mean anything. a Flash designer? huh. “nordic goddess of accessible flash” they brought a bullhorn, and the powerpoint has cute photos. good deal. being accountable for using technology to make basic human needs progressively and humanely. [...]
mmmm…the tangy savor of irony….