For a long time I have threatened to stop using so many free web services in favor of just using a blog or blogs for all my online presence needs. Why give so much of our online selves over to entities that could disappear at any moment and that also keep us locked in with poor to no data portability and more importantly no people-network portability.
I finally decided to give it a try. I created a blog where I will dump my links in the same manner I have used delicious. This is just an experiment. Although I did change the templates a little bit, and had to hand-roll a more useful quickpost bookmarklet, I tried to keep it close to a standard blog on purpose. Although there is no reason a template set couldn't be developed to make it look more a standard bookmark repository.
Another question I have grappled with is whether to make this a separate blog or just post directly here. I don't really post to either place with such frequency that I feel that I need to separate it. In fact, combining both together could make for a stronger whole. But no, I think I will keep them separate, for now at least. I am going to give upping the blog post frequency yet another try here.
So, am I going to abandon delicious for this new blog? Don't know, still experimenting. What about the network? What about aggregating links based on tags, or from your network? The network question might be solved just by firing up google reader. The tag question - I have a trick up my sleeve for that one. Hold please.
Can a people-network be sustained by interlinking of blog posts, blogrolls, and rss? This is one big question. What about privacy controls integrated with your people-network? Another thing that is easier with a big silo service as opposed to a mish-mash of scattered blogs.
Here is the link to my links.
And in case you are not familiar with the quickpost bookmarklet, I provide you with this screencast showing it in action. I didn't add any sound for this screencast. I would have loved to have the Quincy theme playing underneath.
I finally decided to give it a try. I created a blog where I will dump my links in the same manner I have used delicious. This is just an experiment. Although I did change the templates a little bit, and had to hand-roll a more useful quickpost bookmarklet, I tried to keep it close to a standard blog on purpose. Although there is no reason a template set couldn't be developed to make it look more a standard bookmark repository.
Another question I have grappled with is whether to make this a separate blog or just post directly here. I don't really post to either place with such frequency that I feel that I need to separate it. In fact, combining both together could make for a stronger whole. But no, I think I will keep them separate, for now at least. I am going to give upping the blog post frequency yet another try here.
So, am I going to abandon delicious for this new blog? Don't know, still experimenting. What about the network? What about aggregating links based on tags, or from your network? The network question might be solved just by firing up google reader. The tag question - I have a trick up my sleeve for that one. Hold please.
Can a people-network be sustained by interlinking of blog posts, blogrolls, and rss? This is one big question. What about privacy controls integrated with your people-network? Another thing that is easier with a big silo service as opposed to a mish-mash of scattered blogs.
Here is the link to my links.
And in case you are not familiar with the quickpost bookmarklet, I provide you with this screencast showing it in action. I didn't add any sound for this screencast. I would have loved to have the Quincy theme playing underneath.
First of all ... thanks for stealing my shizzle name ;-) I am excited by this approach and really like the direction it may be heading. Lots to discuss and think about here. Identity. Damn, it is tough to know how best to handle it!
Sorry, Cole. When I hear the call of the edushizzle I cannot deny it.