Category Archives: Web Wonk

These entries are my pathetic attempt to pose as a Web wonk … as if what I have to say matters a damn in the direction of the Interweb.

(Re-)Presentation of Self

2/27/2006 – 2:56 pm

I was reading an invigorating [to me] interview with Adam Greenfield about his upcoming book, Everyware : The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing, and I ran across two consecutive question-and-answer sets that made me really think about the danger of what we’re all doing here on the Internet:
B&A: Then let’s talk about opting out. When [...]

By Geof F. Morris | Also posted in Introspection | Comments (3)

Eating My Own Dog Food

2/24/2005 – 9:00 pm

Okay, it’s time to eat my own dog food. I’ve been openly campaigning for user-registration systems for logware for almost a year, and now that WordPress has an option for users to register themselves … so I’m going to enable it. I’m even going to take the Draconian step of requiring users to [...]

By Geof F. Morris | Also posted in Silly Site Stuff | Comments (9)

Tilting at Windmills

3/9/2004 – 2:08 pm

I tilt at windmills—often.
A day in my mind is a day in Cervantes’s world of going after things that are different than perceived.
It always gets worse when I surround myself with people who are like-minded. Interacting with like-minded folk makes me think that we really can change the world, that we can shift the [...]

By Geof F. Morris | Also posted in Introspection | Comments (0)