dan collier

Naomi has a new blog. It’s more interesting than mine. Here’s some pictures from her latest post:

what do you think??

OMG! What is that??

This blog is the first journal I have ever kept for fun. Beyond a place to note stuff I’ve been thinking about, it is a way of tracking ephemera from websites I liked to thoughts about my travels to current events. Below are some of the other online services that I’ve been using to fulfill that purpose recently.

Goodreads – I like the service and interface Goodreads provides. Generally, I think Amazon gets better reviews but I’m using Goodreads to track what I’ve read and what I want to read. I think this a is a cool visualization of the books I read in 2007.

Where I went in 2007 – Last year, I spent the night in 4 countries, 2 states, 1 federal district, 1 US territory, and 16 cities and towns. I like how easy Google Maps makes it to keep track.

Google Reader now lets me share articles that I find interesting. Google Reader is for managing RSS (really simple syndication) feeds, a way of tracking websites that update frequently. Over the last year, I’ve used it as much as email.

I just noticed that the email comment form on this blog has been broken for a while. I’ve fixed it now, I sincerely apologize if anyone sent comments that got lost.

I’ve been thinking about turning on public comments for posts. I’m still debating whether my personal journal is the best place for a public two-way conversation. Of course, give and take read/write websites are far more interesting for everyone involved. If you have an opinion either way, let me know.

When Johanna saw I was working on a blog, she wanted to know why I would want to be on record under my own name on the internet. Of course, we’re already on the internet for anyone that cares to look. Our credit records and mobile calls are available to every bidder, our email is scanned by Google, I’ve even sent my CV to anonymous strangers posting jobs on Craigslist.If my name is going to be in the paper, I’d rather write the headlines myself.

Hello, World!

(it had to be done)