On Big Website Used To Be So Awesome But Totally Sucks Now, Say Cool Dudes
Sorry, but I just had to go dig this up:
"One of these days I'm going to do a take-down article on a sacred cow of the internet: BoingBoing."
--Me, Nov. 20, 2007
http://www.fimoculous.com/archive/post-3412.cfm
That was probably the last day that I read BoingBoing. Since then, I think we've all gotten better at ignoring the things we despise. Well, a little better.
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On You're Being Gamed
Toot! Toot!
I wrote about this in Wired a few years ago:
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/magazine/15-11/st_essay
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On We Need New Ways of Judging the Success of Websites
It is obvious what the new metric for success should be: percentage of employees who can cite from memory the number of employees at HuffPo, DailyBeast, and NYT.
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On We Need New Ways of Judging the Success of Websites
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On Now You Can Be A Social Media DB All Over The Galaxy
Don't be silly. Given the composition of the moon, it would be a mac 'n cheese joint.
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On Bird Songs!
I still have a 612 area code, so I can call this LOCAL.
(As though that still means something.)
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On Real America: Midget Wrestling at Borrowed Bucks Roadhouse
I used to drink in this bar three times a week.
Now you understand.
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On 'Boston Globe' Announces New Digital Reader Application Thing!
Same as Times Reader, right?
https://timesreader.nytimes.com/
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On I wonder what Julia will wear!
Wait, isn't Steve Rubel the Steve Rubel of social media?
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On Slate is Free from Its Cruel Master!
Tidbit: The core of Gutenberg was based upon the CMS that MSNBC.com built a million years ago. (It's sorta weird to remember this, but those two companies were both launched in Redmond. I still remember the first time I saw Michael Kinsley smoking outside of Building 28.) The technology was forked a long time ago, but MSNBC.com kept advancing their version -- and they might actually be the one contradiction to the "never build your own" rule. Otherwise, I'd probably agree.
(Also, your "finally stabbing to death" link is broken. Naughty Wordpress!)