control over one's data

something to consider

I think striving for the moon and getting to the clouds is a much better result than striving for the roof and waiting for an elevator.

interesting writing tool

Note: This is not an endorsement.

words on music

'inspiring morsels'

'bite sized pieces of ego'

a (glimpse of) life story

'all so similar'

feel the love...

'fascinating correspondence'

'true stories'

'perfectly healthy'

650-character stories

yoyo without a string

'the webcomic'

one's thoughts on blogging

'a really fast dictionary'

'Crosswords for Firefox'

A simple crossword application for Firefox. It gets crosswords from an online crossword database. Currently there are only 14 crosswords in the database, but more will be added soon.

BBC don't like your looks!

You're haired: "Would you employ her - piercings, tats, dreads 'n' all?"

Note: Article, as it reappeared on 6/25/09:
Could this woman get a job in your office?

'runs on the Internet'

There is this mid-point, I think, where one is not quite imaginative enough to write pure fiction, or even dress their life up as such, and yet not quite interesting enough to simply document their day-to-day. At this mid-point we find writers who simply half-ass both, never offering much clue as to whether we're reading invention, confession or something in between. Yes, this has become another one of those sites.

[Ample Sanity]

'resisting the temptation'

It’s incredibly hard to ignore the toxic whirlwinds of negativity that crop up all the time in online communities...

directory of spoken-word recordings

'a place for some writing'

public domain audiobooks

'your own data on your own website'

Web 2.0 is damaging to the Web by dividing it into topical sub-webs...

'a series of stretches'

images with words

'posing with a laptop'

'cherishing the skills'

'arts magazine'

literary 'chunks'

'collective knowledge'

'slightly controversial opinions'

attn: sesquipedalians

'rethinking of books'

It's a way of sharing books and the ideas within them, as well as facilitating some of our works in progress.

thought for food

A plate of freshly made french fries is a beautiful thing, especially when topped with gravy and mozzarella cheese. Tonight though I asked myself if my love for fries is actually a front for an obsession with ketchup. If there was a way to fry ketchup would I still love french fries? I'd like to think so, but fried shoestring ketchup sticks topped with bacon and hot sauce could be pretty delicious.

a story unfolds

How many can you guess?

'a person struggling'

writers' showcase

'for people who love words'

'compendium of quotations'

'Beautiful Word Clouds'

word association 'game'

just another (web) day

what people are saying

He's got a point...

spam 2.0

in its 'de-specified form'

chime in...

interactive narratives

Library of Congress (2)

'visual dictionary' of nouns

'an elaborate con-trick'

'blog like a person'

'look at me' designs

There are exceptions, but for the most part these sites seem to be nothing more than a collection of slow loading, non-accessible, barely usable sites made by fantastic digital artists who unfortunately have no idea how to build a web site.

'judgmental nitpickers'

on 'being known'

a valuable lesson...

'only a spritz' please

dealing with direct marketers...

'under surveillance'

on the 'mini marketing machine'

No damn advertising at all. I don’t care how warm and fuzzy Google is, I don’t want to be tracked like an animal and "targeted" with anything, least of all guesswork about what I want, no matter how educated that guesswork is.

'Life Is The Meaning'

teaching the wrong values

don't ask...

'know where you're going...'

'A lovely idea crumbled...'

short stories

an 'elitist rant'

thoughts on the 'social web'

'audio poet'

'visual drivel'

'money changing hands'

a new 'encyclopedia'

'Remember the community Yahoo?'

'deceptive tricks' by social sites

on the placement of a stool...

asshats warning

'true stories'

a moving story...

on 'expectations'

'The Social Dictionary'

'white plastic hell'

call me...

"It's cold..."

word challenge

'strategy of obscuring' features

to provoke thought...

online thoughts...

the 'new India'

'create-a-word game'

'empty buildings'

'new vision of the city'

'ego talking'

'feelings' cards

on 'circles'

shunning the music store....

a day in the life...

on 'social thingamagigs'

on blogging...

plastic cameras...

appreciating...

'stubborn, sulky and sullen'

'hobo culture'

'doing nothing'