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Re: US att

fpaynter — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:12:35 -0000

SOS on cell phones in north San Diego County.

Re: Did Zina Bash Do It Again?

fpaynter — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 13:42:30 -0000

I don't see much to argue about. She selected a white supremacist hand gesture and used it twice. The fact that the gesture is also ASL for assh*le doesn't seem relevant to me. What does seem relevant is that on the day after she sealed her white supremacist cred, she came back wearing a black dress with a RBG trademark white lace collar and dickie. The intentionality was itself an insult.

Re: Donald Trump Appears To Have Hissy Fit As He Leaves Debate Venue

fpaynter — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:54:56 -0000

Cocaine is god's way of telling you that you have too much money. #snifflegate

Re: Sanders Campaign Goes On The Attack Against Planned Parenthood, Human Rights Campaign

fpaynter — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 22:50:40 -0000

I wouldn't say we PP members and Sanders supporters are POed. I think we'll continue to support PP, NARAL, and the Human Rights Campaign, while remembering that they indeed are part of the Democratic establishment. I've spoken with several Sanders supporters and contributors to these organizations and we won't let them die just because their leadership took a stand for a mainstream Dem candidate. Later we might work to shake them up a little, refresh the senior leadership teams. I was just thinking how nice it is that these organizations actually are mainstream. It wasn't always so.

Re: Little Facebook Editor

fpaynter — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 22:47:55 -0000

EXCELLENT! Ima gonna try it out!

Re: Little Facebook Editor

fpaynter — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 23:18:47 -0000

How transparent is the FB log-in? Are you caching credentials anywhere? Also, where is the post text stored?

Re: The Double Identity of an "Anti-Semitic" Commenter

fpaynter — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:33:28 -0000

The article would be strengthened by the addition of facts. Who is "Beck." The irony of anonymizing your anonymous troll approaches the absurd. What "midwest" university and town did the posts appear to originate from? I understand that "Beck" confessed to indiscretions on neo-Nazi sites that make him fear for his safety, but what responsibility do you have for protecting him? What IP addresses did he use? I've rolled through dozens of comments here and didn't see anyone else concerned about the lack of transparency and your assertions unsupported by facts. (At 440 comments and counting, I don't see much value in reading them all.)

Re: Answering Charity Navigator on the Humane Society of the United States

fpaynter — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 14:19:25 -0000

One loser in all this is "Charity Navigator." Why on earth would anyone seek them out for counsel on directing contributions when their process is so messed up?

Re: Article: Working in a ‘Wirearchy’ World

fpaynter — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 23:54:13 -0000

I don't see any reference to Jon Husband, who originated the concept of "Wirearchy" many years ago. I'm sure the lack of attribution is simply an oversight. Here is a link to some of his prior work. http://wirearchy.com/what-i...

Re: Do I look pretty? Web site design tedium

fpaynter — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 15:33:54 -0000

Certainly, we intend to distribute sticky patches suitable for laptop display, as well as bumper stickers for, you know, bumpers. Send $5.00...

Re: Do I look pretty? Web site design tedium

fpaynter — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 14:33:25 -0000

How about politics! I'd be happy to welcome you as the first member of my "Reconstruction Movement." After all the breakage that has occurred we need to re-build or things will go from worse to worst. I think the majority of Reconstructors™ will come out of the Democratic Party, but there are also concerned Republicans who might join up. Anyway, send $5.00...

Re: Do I look pretty? Web site design tedium

fpaynter — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 21:24:34 -0000

Five years since you finished the major redesign, and now you're back to something I feel comfortable scrolling through! Thanks for going there and coming back. Seriously.

Re: In 2012 I bought an apartment specifically to rent out on Airbnb. Here’s how I’ve done so far.

fpaynter — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 18:15:00 -0000

I wonder what Las Vegas charges hotels in taxes. Do you pass this cost through to your guests?

Re: Martyrdom vs. Flabby Christianity

fpaynter — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 00:30:38 -0000

One hopes that the USA is not thought of as a "Judaeo Christian nation." Our constitution provides a secular foundation for government, and support for an egalitarian social structure that we hope welcomes all faiths, agnostics, and atheists alike.

Re: Celebrating ten years since BloggerCon

fpaynter — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:05:37 -0000

Halley! Stealth discoing Joi.

Re: Celebrating ten years since BloggerCon

fpaynter — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 21:26:32 -0000

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: Who saved Old Reader?

fpaynter — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 13:55:40 -0000

Jelly Industries? Medium?

Re: Why Obama supports NSA spying

fpaynter — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 21:08:11 -0000

Interesting assertion... "higher rate than in the sixties." Couldn't prove it by me, but my sixties experience was split across places like Madison, Berkeley, Palo Alto, and San Francisco (with a little time-out for USMC training and what-not). I saw activists wherever I looked (except in the fraternities and sororities).

Re: We need a curator for the Apple river

fpaynter — Sat, 11 May 2013 19:43:33 -0000

Anybody out there selling Apple short yet?

Re: It’s too late for Dave Winer and John Battelle to save the common web

fpaynter — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:32:10 -0000

400,000 is media mice nuts, decimal dust. You'll continue to do what you have to do to keep the family fed and the lifestyle styling, but sometimes you seem to be missing the big picture, Robert. I appreciate your hard work and often enjoy a fresh perspective you happen to share, but I think your grand declarations sometimes tend to cut off conversation more than stimulate it.

Re: Boehner’s office cuts off C-SPAN cameras as GOP takes verbal beating

fpaynter — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:40:47 -0000

Sic semper turkeys hoc!

Re: Steven Rosenbaum’s Curation Nation

fpaynter — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:20:39 -0000

Steve, I like your observation that the "path isn't well lit yet, because it isn't yet a 'path' as much as it's a direction, with navigation by starlight" and I'll look forward to reading a "how to curate" volume should you decide to publish one.

I see your point about quality being defined by the audience, and I think that curation is a valuable service for researchers who may not have any experience with a particular curator's work until they find it in a search result. A good curator could open a door for that researcher and dazzle her with relevance. At the end of her project, the researcher may never return so the social networking goal of attracting a member to the curator's community might not be achieved. Even so, the word of mouth buzz from the researcher in the larger community of interest might kick up the reputation of the curator.

There's a lot to think about!

Re: Gerrit Visser: Use Smart Knowledge Networks to Be a Curator

fpaynter — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:07:30 -0000

Oh, no! I didn't mean to sound the least bit prescriptive. I just thought you'd be interested in Mark's work. He's been clearly curatorial since before the concept crystallized into a social media buzzword. Mark's manual approach reflects his own expertise and sensibilities. I didn't mean to imply that his work is better or worse than a webpub like The Gerrit Visser Daily. The automated tools like Paper.li provide added dimensions and flexibility. Mark, an old scissors and glue man, is naturally slow to adopt newer publishing tools, but he sure has a great eye for filtering and selecting content in his area of expertise.

Re: Gerrit Visser: Use Smart Knowledge Networks to Be a Curator

fpaynter — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:57:05 -0000

This is such an interesting conversation! There's much I agree with and much I'd like to expand on, but I don't have time at this moment. So let me instead share a web space with you, a curation site that's been consistently aggregating fine content since October, 2000: wood s lot. When I think of curation, I think of Mark Woods.

Mark used to call his blog "the department of gluage and scissorology," a droll reference to offset typography, I think. At some point he dropped that, probably when he began automating the aggregation of some of his content through feeds.

Mark is the polar opposite of "those entrepreneurs, startuppers and web marketers who are selling 'curation' as the easiest way to produce content" that Robin mentioned. He's a "professional" who makes little or no income from his work, but his craftsmanship and well informed, well timed collection and sharing of information about the humanities is invaluable.

Re: Gerrit Visser: Use Smart Knowledge Networks to Be a Curator

fpaynter — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:06:32 -0000

Steve says “we are all curators” but I am a bit skeptical that just anyone can call themselves a professional digital curator.
Interviewer’s note: I am not sure I agree with this. Can’t people learn to curate?

I'm skeptical too. I think that a "professional digital curator" must have knowledge and skills that distinguish her from the mass of users and seekers who benefit from her work. As a lay person aggregating a list of links and fair use content to share, my work may be interesting to some others and it may save a researcher some time, but it won't have the pointed relevance that an expert would bring to the curation. A lot of curation is in the selection and filtering, and a beginner--someone who has just begun to inform himself about a topic--will have a lot of noise in his curatorial signal. A professional can limit that noise, lend unique perspectives and provide clarity about what makes each perspective relevant and unique. (That's my opinion today, anyway.)