August 31, 2004

Blogging Guide

The following article and its excellent bibliography constitute a fine primer on blogging.

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August 28, 2004

"... but I hate to hear him talk"

Linguistics prof. George Lakoff has been making news by revealing how semiotic clumsiness handicaps the Democrats and favors the Republicans. Fascinating stuff from a human communication standpoint.

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August 26, 2004

More Outsourcing Twists

The good thing and the bad thing about outsourcing is that you are not in the U.S.A. The salaries are soo attractive, but the legal system, is different.

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August 25, 2004

Learning Movable Type

As we start the Fall Weblog Project this year, we are fortunate to be able to point you to an excellent resource for learning the Movable Type system. Learning Movable Type is a weblog generously maintained by Elise Bauer. This broad guide is a good complement to the Movable Type manual accessible on our site and elsewhere on the internet.

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August 18, 2004

Hackers, painters and other drunks

During the relative lull in Iraq there are a lot of fascinating articles on programming that have made their way to the the top 40 of Daypop.  My favorite so far is Paul Graham's piece on hackers and painters. Graham has also written a book.

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August 17, 2004

Server Coming up

This is the server where we will house the BSU-hosted free weblogs for CICS Graduate Students and others on request.

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