Category Archives: Weblogs & Citizen Writing

Good Blogs

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Medley

I read a lot of blogs in my feedreader. But I thought I’d take a minute and highlight a couple that I may not link or delicious or tweet about much but that I’m glad are out there. This isn’t … Continue reading →

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CurrentMom; Some of My Recent Posts

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Medley

Awhile back I mentioned that a buddy had asked me to contribute to a group blog she was organizing. That effort has been rebranded as CurrentMom and I’ve been posting there weekly for the last little while. Here are some … Continue reading →

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A Few Links

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Medley

A few links, since I can’t seem to properly blog at all anymore. Scott Rosenberg’s book on the history of blogging, Say Everything, will be released shortly. A couple of chapters are already available online. I read the chapter on … Continue reading →

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Much Brokenness – Tasers and Village Smears

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Medley

Digby has been on the case of taser abuse for months and what it says about not only the criminal justice system and law enforcement but our society as a whole. In her latest post on the subject: It’s not … Continue reading →

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Sensing Some Similarity

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Medley

I have not delved very deeply into the explosion in the Rails community that apparently began with some ill-considered slides in a presentation. Mike G. is on top of it and decided there was too much nonsense and denial and … Continue reading →

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This and That

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Medley

Speaking of the expanding Twitter-verse, BearingPoint has compiled a list of government-related twitter feeds. I started following a few of these after skimming the list. Study says happy people don’t watch as much tv as unhappy people. Hard to say … Continue reading →

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Twitter and its Ilk

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Medley

The first few months I used Twitter I found it an amusing diversion, but could really take it or leave it. Lately though, I am finding it much more compelling. A few things account for this – first, as always … Continue reading →

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Fired Up! Ready to Go!

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Medley

Barack Obama was in Manassas, Virginia last night. (Making Light notes the historical symmetry of that.) We didn’t go, but there are reports that about 90,000 people showed up. Here’s a clip of the end of his speech there: Speaking … Continue reading →

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