A New Kind of Literacy

Note: This post is also available in audio format (.wav file, 2.9MB). "Literary Reading in Dramatic Decline" announced the headline at the…

Section: Play Author: Richard MacManus Publish date: July 30, 2004 Interaction count: 0

Notes on Tim O'Reilly's Oscon 2004 speech

One good thing about audio on the Web is that I can listen to things while I'm working. Which is precisely what I did this morning…

Section: Web Author: Richard MacManus Publish date: July 29, 2004 Interaction count: 0

As I was browsing the Web, looking for inspiration, I discovered a work by John Baldessari - a conceptual artist from America. He…

Section: Web Author: Richard MacManus Publish date: July 26, 2004 Interaction count: 0

Yesterday I did my first audio blogging post. I think audio has the potential to be a key part of the so-called Social Web, or Social…

Section: Play Author: Richard MacManus Publish date: July 24, 2004 Interaction count: 0

Tonight I recorded my first audio blog post, a reading of my January 2004 article The Fractal Blogosphere. Quite topical, given my recent…

Section: Web Author: Richard MacManus Publish date: July 23, 2004 Interaction count: 0

I've just hit a century, 100 Bloglines subscribers. I was on 79 only 4 days ago, when I posted my article about Bloglines subscriber…

Section: Web Author: Richard MacManus Publish date: July 22, 2004 Interaction count: 0

In yesterday's post I mentioned The 3 C's: Create, Communicate and Collaborate. The 2nd one could just as easily be 'Converse', as in…

Section: Web Author: Richard MacManus Publish date: July 18, 2004 Interaction count: 0

I love Bloglines. It's a browser-based RSS feeds aggregator that almost singlehandedly proves the case that web applications can be better…

Section: Web Author: Richard MacManus Publish date: July 17, 2004 Interaction count: 0

This is a Short Story by Richard MacManus. It takes a speculative look at what the blogosphere might be like in 20-30 years time. I My…

Section: Web Author: Richard MacManus Publish date: July 15, 2004 Interaction count: 0

There's an interesting meme doing the rounds: what webloggers are reading this summer. This, of course, is right up my street. So here's…

Section: Web Author: Richard MacManus Publish date: July 12, 2004 Interaction count: 0

That's what I'm doing currently. Gestating ideas, for an innovative new business and also for my writing (and as an extension to both - my…

Section: Web Author: Richard MacManus Publish date: July 9, 2004 Interaction count: 0

I promised not to focus on web design, as it's not my niche. But I remain a keen amateur designer, as all Web junkies are, so I want to…

Section: Web Author: Richard MacManus Publish date: July 1, 2004 Interaction count: 0

I've always wanted to namecheck that great Velvet Underground song. I wore my teeth in my hands...So I could mess the hair of the night…

Section: Web Author: Richard MacManus Publish date: July 1, 2004 Interaction count: 0