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July 4, 2004

Scribblingwoman one year old

Congratulations to Scribblingwoman on reaching her first anniversary.

Makes you reflect anew how recent the blogoshpere is and how rapidly it has grown. Kottke recently noted that "A Google search for "blog" returns 46 million items". "0 - 46 million in five years. Not bad."

While we're at it, Scribblingwoman has some commentary about the nature of blogs and the blogosphere comparing this phenomenom to 18th century coffeehouses. The following quote comes from one of her links:

The blogosphere seems less to me like a close-knit community (there isn

Posted by chriscurnow at July 4, 2004 6:35 AM

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Thank you for the good wishes!

I like the idea of computer-as-pencil; sometimes the blogosphere seems so self-conscious (for example, my own post on blogs that you refer to).

On the other hand, I am one of those people who fetishizes pens and pencils, and I know I'm not alone.

Posted by: mjones at July 4, 2004 6:58 AM

You're welcome.

The computer as pencil was one of those really big moments in my life. It turned me around completely. I had been really into the technology up until that point. When I read Mindstorms I couldn't put it down. I realised that I loved the technology for its potential, for what it could do, not just for its own sake.

On another level, Mindstorms was one of a number of events that occurred at the same time to turn my pedagogy upside down and eventually lead to me leaving teaching because I came to hate schools. Coincidentally, I posted a lot of that story last week under Innovation through the eyes of an Innovator.

Posted by: Chris Curnow at July 4, 2004 10:40 PM

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