The times they are a changin'. From here on out, personal thoughts, ideas, and posts will land here at me.raddevon.com. My former blog is now devoted to tech, the Internet, and gaming. Check that out at raddevon.com.
Google Reader is a fantastic app. It is the perfect way to wrangle all those cool web sites your following into one easy location. I am able to take in far more information much more quickly and efficiently than I could by visiting each individual site. Google Reader also offers a sharing feature that allows user to easily broadcast their favorite items to other Reader users in their Gmail contacts list. Recently, Google added the ability to provide notes making the sharing even more robust. However, I now find myself re-sharing friends items with replies to their notes or my own notes or even e-mailing them a story they originally shared to give my two cents. As is the way of the web, there is a better way to carry on a conversation surrounding web content… and you don’t even have to ditch Google Reader to get there!
One of myTwitter friends has made me curious about the Django web application framework. This basically sits on top of Python to make it easier to develop applications for the web. I decided to check into it myself. The first thing I have learned is that the documentation available for free is really amazing. I’m going through the free book right now, and learning tons along the way. I actually have an Associate’s Degree in programming, but, honestly, I don’t know any language well. I do have the basic concepts of programming down for the most part. I have been able to follow along with very little trouble. The comment system that is built into the book in which there is comment space for each paragraph is elegant and functional. It’s a major asset in a tight spot.
Previous generations had shared culture in the form of television. Virtually everyone watched TV, and, before the advent of cable and satellite TV, people were limited to a few stations and watched many of the same program. Now, it is much more rare to find someone who watches the same television programs as you (especially for me since I don’t watch TV).
