Last year, it was Web
2.0 and tagging.
This year, it’s going to be unique IDs (UIDs), and
for the same reason that Web 2.0 and tagging matter:
The Web is going miscellaneous. (The fact that I’m
writing a book about the invigoration of the miscellaneous
could not possibly have colored my perception. Nope.
All of this is based on highly scientifical research
done by people with clipboards who were teased as children.)…

Living
on an Internet houseboat: Save the Net for aging hippies?
Probably not going to happen.

As we survey the damage being done to the Internet by (sometimes)
well-meaning regulators trying to save the Net from itself,
I find myself asking: Are we living on the same Internet
planet?

The answer pretty clearly is No. And it’s not just regulators
whose vision of the Net is so at odds with mine. There are
plenty of academics, librarians, and even some of the Net’s
creators who view it as an occasional resource, a place to
go to do research, and a swamp of filth.

To me, the Internet is a social world…

My
book: Progress report: Here’s what chapter 3 looks
like.

Although readers of my blog might not know it, working on Everything
is Miscellaneous is my full-time job. Here’s what
chapter 3 is currently about, although it may undergo drastic
revision…