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1216 days ago
So I'm going to try an experiment... Well It's not really an experiment, more of a taste test. I've been in Florida for the last week or so, and for the life of me I cannot get away from mySpace. Everyone and their kid brother has one, it's almost like an alternate Web. Which doesn't bother me, other than the fact that this alternate Web is owned by Rupert "Fox News" Murdoch. Incredibly scary political leanings aside, any Web service owned by someone who shares the same name as the crazy guy from the A-Team puts me on alert. And YES I actually do think billg IS better that way. He's rich, he's a nerd and he appears to have a conscience. Plus he's my boss. Yes I am stoolie sellout. Get over it. MySpace is fucking impenetrable for me. I don't know what it is. I remember when i used to be savvy with this "computer" thing, but to try to get mySpace to do my bidding is a sloppy and time-consuming drag. They have the worst tools, terrible design, ...
1820 days ago
So, if you know me, you know that I jumped back on the whole blogwagon about a month ago when I kept track of my first-ever trip to the Philippines in November. But now that MSN has thrown their name into the hat into the ring that is the "Blogosphere" (jesus christ how I hate that term) maybe it's time to jump back in, too. Asian.com millionaire was the blog I had back in 2000 when I worked at Epinions.com in San Francisco. It was a weird time, when money was being thrown at geeks like Alka-Seltzer to seagulls. And it was at that time I was introduced to Pyra and the lovely Blogger. Blogging opened up a lot of opportunities for me. First socially, where I met some amazing kids who filled my head with great ideas. Secondly, I got to write. Writing is an intrinsically creative thing for me, and I hadn't realized it until I had to force myself to document my year in Dot-Communism. I've missed it. It's incredibly fun. But blogging also has its yang... the ...
