Monthly Archives: August 2002

Live Journal SIG

Posted on August 31, 2002 by Lisa Spangenberg

Friday morning at ConJosé I attended a Special Interest Group set up by a few Live Journal users. I’ve looked at Live Journal before; of all the various web log systems it seems to be the one most focused on … Continue reading →

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Computer Folklore

Posted on August 31, 2002 by Lisa Spangenberg

Saturday I attended the Con José panel on “Computer Folklore: Tales from the Geekside,” featuring Eric Raymond, Chris Garcia, Tom Galloway, Brett Glass, and Corey Cole. Aside from a brief discussion of the first chain letter (an MIT student did … Continue reading →

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Blog This at Con Jose

Posted on August 31, 2002 by Lisa Spangenberg

I went to the Con José “Blog this!” panel I mentioned here. The panel featured Lucy Huntzinger, Moshe Feder, Evelyn C. Leeper, Bill Humphries, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Patrick Nielsen Hayden. My remarks are somewhat disconnected (and as opinionated as usual) … Continue reading →

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More Con José Blogs

Posted on August 30, 2002 by Lisa Spangenberg

Bill Humphries, a Mac user and blogger, is also at the Con, and will be speaking on a blogging panel “Blog This! (or, Blogology Recapitulates Mimeography)” on Saturday 11:30am. The description reads: What is Blogging and why should you care? … Continue reading →

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ConJosé the World Science Fiction Conventon

Posted on August 28, 2002 by Lisa Spangenberg

Yes, that’s right, I’m doing something purely frivolous, I’m attending the World Con for most of this week. I’m going to try blogging as well—I figure why not? And I notice there’s a couple of other bloggers here, Cory Doctorow, … Continue reading →

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