Every time I see or hear the word deploy it surprises me. Maybe that's because I didn't notice it until about 10 years ago. That says something about my upbringing: with a pacifist Dad, I have never been madly interested...
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Police Act wiki takes a break
When the Prime Minister said 11 days ago that the draft bill would "go out for consultation again", good grief! She meant it was gonna be a wiki. And so it came to pass. Even the BBC was gobsmacked and...
On Chinese government blogs
I was curious about the tone and content of blogs by Chinese government officials. Keith Ng kindly read a bunch and fed back his impressions. Keith is a Kiwi journalist posting on the distinguished Public Address site. With his permission,...
Unemployed in B*ngl*d*sh? Write web content
"A good option for the unemployed" is the title of yesterday's article by Md. Farooque Hossain Kamrul in the Daily Star. The tone surprised me until I realised the Daily Star is based in B*ngl*d*sh, where I imagine Kamrul's advice...
Once upon a time the web was new
Thanks to Jason Kottke who trawled the newly liberated Times Select archives! He delivers previously unavailable gems from the NYT last 150 years of content. Among his finds is the first mention of the World Wide Web in the NYT....