Kottke applies the “broken window theory” to websites:
Much of the tone of discourse online is governed by the level of moderation and to what extent people are encouraged to “own” their words. When forums, message boards, and blog comment threads with more than a handful of participants are unmoderated, bad behavior follows. The appearance of [...]
Rachel Leow makes me feel better about my books and boxes of stuff I’ve gathered through the years:
Only Collect; that is to say, collect everything, indiscriminately. You’re five years old. Don’t presume too much to know what’s important and what isn’t. Photocopy journal articles, photograph archives; create bibliographies, buy books; make notes on every article [...]
For the first time in J’s Notes long life (I think it’s the second or third longest running blog in Virginia), the site has cracked Blog Net News’s Most Influential List, ranking in at an awesome 19th place:
Probably due to my answering a slew of questions last Wednesday. Who knew I’d be so influential?