I am starting to see 2000

I am starting to see that some people think that because content on the web is accessible to everyone, it is therefore intended for everyone and should have far-reaching merit. Other people, including many webloggers, think of the web as an extension of their personal space which blurs seamlessly into the public world.

I expect this weblog to be read by me ("What was that site I found last month?"), by my friends & family, and by those who might become my friends. It's a conversation held in a cafe at a table by the sidewalk; yes, you can walk by and listen in, but it may or may not be of any interest to you. Its content is an odd combination of conversational ephemera and ideas to which I wish to return later. I hope it brings you pleasure, but I'm not bothered if it doesn't. Sit down and join me or move on as the spirit moves you.

By the way, in my post from the 14th, I am using the term "jaded old webster" in the friendliest possible sense. (Why, hello, Carl! How are you?) Rich stirred up good trouble and while I was irked by the article, as Denise pointed out in the Metafilter discussion, it did provoke a better caliber of postings to this and other weblogs.

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I am starting to see

I am starting to see that some people think that because content on the web is accessible to everyone, it is therefore intended for everyone and should have far-reaching merit. Other people, including many webloggers, think of the web as an extension of their personal space which blurs seamlessly into the public world.

I expect this weblog to be read by me ("What was that site I found last month?"), by my friends & family, and by those who might become my friends. It's a conversation held in a cafe at a table by the sidewalk; yes, you can walk by and listen in, but it may or may not be of any interest to you. Its content is an odd combination of conversational ephemera and ideas to which I wish to return later. I hope it brings you pleasure, but I'm not bothered if it doesn't. Sit down and join me or move on as the spirit moves you.

By the way, in my post from the 14th, I am using the term "jaded old webster" in the friendliest possible sense. (Why, hello, Carl! How are you?) Rich stirred up good trouble and while I was irked by the article, as Denise pointed out in the Metafilter discussion, it did provoke a better caliber of postings to this and other weblogs.

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