Category Archives: Rant

Writing ledes, writing for feeds…

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

Too many ledes in tech publications and blogs suck. I’ve been doing more editing and more content curation lately. The upshot of that is noticing a lot of really boring, fluffy, slow-to-the-point ledes that utterly fail at drawing the reader … Continue reading →

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Further thoughts on infringement vs. stealing

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

As with any emotional issue, a few folks have not only conflated stealing with copyright infringement… they also jump on anyone who argues against calling it “stealing,” assuming that if you don’t think it’s stealing, you must also be a … Continue reading →

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Infringement is not stealing

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

A friend of mine, and respected colleague, has written a piece over on LinuxToday that bears mentioning: Editor’s Note: Copying is Stealing. Though I agree with the spirit of the piece, I have to take issue with the conflation of … Continue reading →

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Too much stuff

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

Nearly done loading up the truck to head to St. Louis. I bundled up four car loads of stuff to take to Goodwill while packing, and I still have managed to fill a fairly large truck with stuff. This is … Continue reading →

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The Party of Gno

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

It’s time for the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and other free software supporters to stop being the Party of Gno, and start thinking of positive ways to push for software freedom. The negative campaigns and telling users what not to … Continue reading →

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All the weirdness you can eat

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

“You can never go home again, Oatman. But apparently you can shop there.” ~ Martin Blank from Grosse Point Blank. An apt movie to watch when you’re back in your home state after a long absence. So I did. Came … Continue reading →

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Poor netiquette #424: Forwards with no summary

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

Why do people think that it’s useful to drop someone else into an email conversation by forwarding a long thread about a topic with no clear action item? Worse is when the conversation consists of a bunch of top-posting and … Continue reading →

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