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Shared Docs: Gateway Drug to Wikis?

Chris Carfi, via Flickr (CC license)

Wiki maven Liz Henry of SocialText.

At the unconference segment of BlogHer 2007 in Chicago, I sat in on a small-group discussion about wikis (sites that can be collaboratively edited either by a defined group, or by anyone at all).
The discussion was led by one of my favorite wiki mavens, Liz [...]

The psychology of my procrastination

GingerTammyCat, via Flickr (CC license)

Alice cautiously replied: “I know I have to beat time when I learn music.”
“Ah! that accounts for it,” said the Hatter. “He won’t stand beating. Now, if you only kept on good terms with him, he’d do almost anything you liked with the clock.”

Like many self-employed folks, I’ve got waaaaaay too [...]

Blogging: My cure for brainstipation

Louise Fitzhugh

“I’m taking notes on all those people who are sitting over there.”
“Why?”
“Because I’ve seen them and I want to remember them!”

I learned a lot from the recent hiatus of Contentious. Mostly I learned that I really do need to have this blog. It’s not just my voice, and a key source of my sense [...]