Archives for 2000

I’ve set up

November 22, 2000 by Michael Boyle

BlogVoices, the inline discussion infrastructure that has been developed by chrish – it’s under the little “discuss” link at the bottom of each post. I don’t know if it’s going to fit in as I would like, but I guess that will come clear over time. Test it out and let me know what you think.

The Florida Courts

November 21, 2000 by Michael Boyle

The Florida Courts have an excellent site, and according to one report they often publish material on the web before it is publicly available in paper form. All of the documents pertaining to yesterday’s Supreme Court of Florida case are online – again, an example of how governments are using the web to distribute primary source material. Years ago I researched a story about an Ontario Court case, and it literally took me weeks to get the primary documents.

I think many of us “in the business” forget about this part of the web from time to time. Nothwithstanding all of the current issues – how to make money, questions of the appropriate use design and technology, usability, etc. – it’s good to remember that the web has made these important (though arcane) documents available to just about anyone who is interested. There’s a great deal of power in that, even if the web were to stay as-is from this day forward.

After all this time

November 21, 2000 by Michael Boyle

I’m still occasionally amazed at what I can find on the internet. This extended report on the situation in the Middle East, called Middle East: the faultline from Le Monde diplomatique is a good example of that happening. Primary texts, analyses, maps – almost anything you need to know about the past few years in that area of the world.

Aaron put it well

November 20, 2000 by Michael Boyle

Aaron put it well: “There is still a god.” OK, maybe not. But the thorough housecleaning for the Habs is evidence of something good, and long overdue.

I came across

November 19, 2000 by Michael Boyle

a very interesting site through Derek Powazek‘s site this evening: CommunityZero. Anyone can set up a free online community for their friends, for a project, whatever. Many of these have come and gone in the past, but none quite as well executed as this one seems to be. I may play with it soon – as a long-time online community guy, it has been a goal of mine to merge this site with a series of discussions at some point.