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Companion blog for the site of that name. Reviews and commentary.
Today’s comment on the Mybloglog Product Blog
I’ll be posting this to the Yahoo developer blog, right after I get done proofreading it, in response to their “Mybloglog?” post. Yes, that’s its title, and the question mark seems fitting. My comment: “Is it, indeed, closing down?” Today, it doesn’t seem to be, but somebody does seem to want to kill it. Remember […]
Posted in: functionality
Playing Favorites? / Repost from Chicago Photography
June 17, 2010
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Some of you might have noticed that the same photograph by Kymberly Janisch has graced the homepage for this group for some time, and maybe wondered if that was fair. Shouldn’t I rotate that image some more, and maybe give a little added exposure for the other members of the group, as well? In fact, […]
Posted in: user unfriendliness
Mybloglog closure and Yahoo’s blog – a little subtler than the usual sleaze?
January 14, 2010
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Let’s start by repeating what I posted to the Yahoo developer network blog in response to the mention of the possibility of Mybloglog being closed by Yahoo, because nobody quite saw it on that blog, other than me: “Mr.Yeh, let me tell you how this looks from a user’s point of view. I’ve just invested […]
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A Little Paranoia is a Healthy Thing / Formerly on Just In
October 4, 2009
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Originally published on “Just In: Joseph Dunphy’s Newsblog / Connecting to Digg” on February 16, 2008. The post begins: “Yet another blog from he who could fill out the ones he already has a lot more? Perhaps, but like any good would-be engineer, I’m being cautious. Well nourished and in good spirits as I enjoy […]
Posted in: Digg
Rebuttal to some Yelp Bashing
September 22, 2009
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Note: I’ve deleted a small amount of profanity that was present in the material I’ve quoted, replacing it with roughly synonymous nonprofanity in parantheses, because I’ve decided to move toward making my own pages a little more family friendly. No profanity softening was present in the original text. I posted the following response to this […]
Posted in: disinformation, rebuttal
Vox / How does one add a photo to a group?
September 19, 2009
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Yes, it’s a general question, but looking in the help center, I found nothing very helpful, and I’ve already burned away more than an hour on this nonsense. Honestly, I’m starting to get a little angry, after a while. This should be a straightforward function on Vox, and it isn’t. Should I post this to […]
Posted in: user unfriendliness, Vox
July 8, 2010
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