There has been some noise on the web because I’ve kept the password for posting to this weblog a “secret”, and that may go against a decentralist philosophy.
The initial plan was to have this weblog used by the “in person” folks at the conference, and for those who couldn’t attend personally to contribute via their own weblogs (hence decentralism). But such is life. This frankensession took on a life of its own long, long ago. So, let’s adapt a little…
OK. We’re going to try an experiment here, folks. I’m going to temporarily make the password public, and let y’all go nuts with this weblog. I’ve backed it up as of the last post before this one, and will restore that at a moment’s notice if things go awry.
I’m taking advantage of this as a teachable moment. Best case scenario: this weblog takes off and becomes something useful to the community as a whole. Worst case scenario: human nature takes over, and the password is yanked and the weblog restored to its pre-open state. Either way, it will hopefully provide some valuable lessons and information on how a collaborative weblog can(’t) work.
Some things to know before going ahead and editing:
- Posts are entered in raw HTML. No wikiformatting for now. So if you’re not comfortable entering HTML, and/or aren’t OK with your posts appearing as unformatted text, then you might want to hold off for now.
- Please behave. This is a public forum, as part of a “real” conference session.
- Review the brief instructions before posting.
- Since it’s wide open, I’m leaving it up to you to obey copyright and laws. It might also be a Good Idea to give yourself attribution on any posts you make so we know who did what.
And, if you have any questions, please email me.
Thanks.
- D’Arcy
ps. the password (for now) is “nmc2004” without the quotes. and I reserve the right to change it at will. complaints will be filed in /dev/null - if you don’t like that, feel free to use your own decentralized hunk of the ’net.
RC: Someone had to add a line to this… just to prove it works… guess that’s me.
Thanks, RC. Works like a charm… -DLN