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*On 16 October 2007 the Main Page of this website '''is listed''' on Google (in France). For the history of this page's listings see [[Google Log]]. | *On 16 October 2007 the Main Page of this website '''is listed''' on Google (in France). For the history of this page's listings see [[Google Log]]. | ||
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| + | '''18 October 2007 - Steep part of the [[ReFactoring|refactoring]] curve''' | ||
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| + | We're talkin' steep part of the [[ReFactoring|refactoring]] curve, gang. This is a reference to a post on my personal blog dated 19 September 2007, entitled [http://slattery.ouvaton.org/index.php?2007/09/19/7-exponential Exponential], which begins: "We're talkin' steep part of the learning curve, gang." | ||
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| + | Yesterday I [[ReFactoring|refactored]] this site's [[Main Page]], to put there a narrative summary of the contents of the site. In the process, I drastically expanded the site's scope. One week ago the only category that was really developed was [[:Category:Wikis]]. A few days back I added [[:Category:Convivial Tools]] and [[:Category:Open Design]], followed by [[:Category:FOSS]] ([[Free and Open Source Software]]). Then yesterday I suddenly added all of the following new categories: | ||
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| + | *[[:Category:Whole Earth]] | ||
| + | *[[:Category:Appropriate Technology]] | ||
| + | *[[:Category:Hacker Generation]] | ||
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| + | But when will I ever find the time to fill in all of these categories with relevant information?<br> | ||
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| + | '''18 October 2007 - WhoCares''' | ||
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| + | Who really cares? This thought reminds me of a page from [[Richard Drake]]'s [[WhyClublet]], entitled [http://clublet.com/c/c/why?WhyWouldOneBother WhyWouldOneBother]. I complained again on [[#14_October_2007|October 14]] that this site only has a handfull of visitors. And when I gave the address of the site to a couple of colleagues at work last week, they never even looked at it, explaining that they are "too busy." | ||
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| + | It's already been more than a month since [[RainDog's Editorial|RainDog's First Rant]] listed reasons to write for no one. Since then this site received a brief flurry of internet attention, after it first appeared on Google. Google apparently only found it because [[CommunityWiki]] generated automatic reverse indexing after I ''referred to'' them in this blog. But most of the new attention came in the form of a [[Spam Attack]]. My rage lead me to invent [[GING|GING is not Google]], but that like all the rest appears still-born. | ||
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| + | So nothing has changed. I'm still producing all of this content just for myself. The reasons I gave in [[RainDog's Editorial|RainDog's First Rant]] are still valid, but the hope expressed by one them that "maybe someday something will change" is starting to fade. Yet I go on. Why? [http://clublet.com/c/c/why?WhyWouldOneBother WhyWouldOneBother]? WhoCares? | ||
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| + | '''17 October 2007 - News from [[Sunir Shah]]''' | ||
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| + | [[Sunir Shah]] posted a message on my [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Redeyed_Treefrog#Articles_I_have_contributed_to: Wikipedia user page], thanking me for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunir_Shah article about him]. He very cordially says that he owes me a beer. I wonder if that will ever happen... | ||
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| + | '''17 October 2007 - As well as news from EngineerScotty''' | ||
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| + | The Wikipedia user [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EngineerScotty EngineerScotty] wrote a paragraph about my [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wikis History of Wikis] article on that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:History_of_wikis article's Talk page]. It begins: "Good article." He says that it is too long and probably contains "original research." Be that as it may, this much is clear: at least one person has read it!<br> | ||
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| + | '''15 October 2007 - [[User:MichaelSlattery|Michael Slattery]] steps in for [[User:RainDog|RainDog]]''' | ||
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| + | This evening I Googled [http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&q=raindog&meta= RainDog] to see if this website appears anywhere in the list. There are ''thousands'' of RainDogs, including one that has a competing series of [http://raindog.jasonarena.com RainDog's Rants]. That finally decided me to take my RainDog off of the stage, and to step onto it myself. | ||
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| + | I again [[ReFactoring|refactored]] the site, to put [[User:MichaelSlattery|Michael Slattery]] into the limelight, and to move [[User:RainDog|RainDog]] into the wings. The show must go on! | ||
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| + | '''15 October 2007 - Cloud Therapy''' | ||
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| + | My sister Miranda sent me this link to a [http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/gallery cloud appreciation website].<br> | ||
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| + | '''14 October 2007 - Stop looking at the statistics...''' | ||
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| + | I just looked at the statistics concerning this site. Other than myself, there was one visitor yesterday, and two the day before. It's too depressing. I should avoid looking at the statistics and just keep concentrating on developing content. All the same... | ||
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| + | '''14 October 2007 - English Google and French Google''' | ||
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| + | It occured to me recently that this site is probably only listed on French Google, not on the English Google. When we were in the States last summer, I discovered that the home page of the [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org Convivial Tools Encyclopedia] site was unlisted there, whereas it had been listed in France. | ||
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| + | When I try to connect to http://google.com I get automatically redirected to http://google.fr. Is there some way I can prevent the redirect? | ||
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| + | '''14 October 2007 - [[ReFactoring]] the [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org Convivial Tools Encyclopedia]''' | ||
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| + | Today I [[ReFactoring|refactored]] the [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org Convivial Tools Encyclopedia] website. It needed simplifying. I'm also going to rewrite the Home Page to profit from the lessons I've learned about Google. The new Home Page will be a long summary of what is on the site, with links to every article. That way at least the Home Page should pop up once in a while when people are searching Google, and thus get visited from time to time.<br> | ||
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