From Complex to Simple: Lessons from 13 Years of Blogging
October 5, 2015
bitdepth & blogging & BlogJam2015 & history & web & writing
It started with text, it’s always text. Words are important, words are the building blocks of my blog and the closer I am to them, the better.
Tilde.club
October 11, 2014
history & tilde.club & web
The blank page is a challenge and the blinking cursor is full of possibility, but it can be hard to get started. The key is to just go. It’s good
8 Years of Twitter
October 6, 2014
twitter & twitterrific & web
Thanks to the wonderful analytical service ThinkUp, this morning I realized that I joined Twitter as @bitdepth and started sharing little updates 8
Preserving the Past
August 9, 2014
blogging & history & web & writing
As we share more of ourselves online on various sites, it’s important to think about preserving it. Unless you have things backed up on your own,
I Was Doing 43 Things
July 28, 2014
43people & 43places & 43things & allconsuming & history & robotcoop & web
“I’m trying out 43 Things and it’s very addictive. It’s a great way to keep track of and share things that you want to do. What adds to the
Time to Lock Your Online Doors
April 12, 2014
1password & heartbleed & passwords & security & web
It’s a pain to remember passwords and change them all the time. That is why many people don’t have good passwords or a routine where to change
Ten
July 27, 2012
blogging & web
Most of my life seems to consist of a series of repeating events. Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly. It’s a good way to get things done and to have a
Storing my Stuff in Pinboard
April 17, 2011
web
Keeping track of what you read online can be a challenge with the diverse ways of finding and reading things. Now there are devices everywhere to
Bitdepth is now 7
May 31, 2009
web
I suppose 7 is a lucky number, and I can’t let an opportunity pass to start posting again, so what can be said about this blog turning 7?
It appears
Five Years of Flickr
February 11, 2009
web
Five years ago today Flickr started and it changed the way that people view and share photos online. It also was the first place that I really used
Friendly Rules
January 31, 2009
people & web
At the recent and wonderful Podcamp Halifax, the first session that I attended was Joel Kelly’s “Unfriend Someone Today”, which was all about
small, specific, and real
November 22, 2008
people & web
What makes something compelling in any form, mediated or not? Popularity means an audience but in that crowd, people form the connection. Memories
Wordle and del.icio.us
June 29, 2008
web & tagging & technology
Thanks to Carolyn for pointing out the very lovely visualization tool Wordle from Jonathan Feinberg. It allows you to either paste words or use a
Firefox 3 Download Day
June 15, 2008
web
My web browser of choice has been Firefox for a few years now. I love how it works and it just keeps getting better and better. I’ve been using the
Bitdepth Year 6
May 19, 2008
web
Six years ago I started this blog and it’s been my online home for that time as everything changed around it. Now everything is spread out much more
Changing Bitdepth
December 2, 2007
web
When I started this site in May of 2002, I was using Rael Dornfest’s amazing Blosxom script that takes text files and converts them into postings.
Five Years of Bitdepth
June 9, 2007
web
About six years ago Carolyn was talking with me about weblogs or blogs as they’re commonly known now. She saw the possibilities right away while I
Home is Where Your Friends Are
March 25, 2007
web
Sometimes I feel that I’m spread a bit too thin online, but I can’t seem to stop myself for signing up to new things because it’s just so much fun.
Being Online
December 30, 2006
web
Presence online is a interesting thing as we put various parts of ourselves online and share different words, images, sounds and video. Habits
Why blip.tv Rocks
August 26, 2006
web
There are many places to upload and share video now and it’s very easy to view and create it too. But a while ago I found blip.tv and liked it right
irrepressible.info
June 11, 2006
web
http://fragments.irrepressible.info/js/fragment-468.js The web is an amazing way to share things, connect and find information. But the unlimited
Bitdepth is Four
May 10, 2006
web
Looking at the date I realize that I’ve had this blog up and running for four years now. It’s the beginning of year five and I looked back over some
Presence and Absence
October 9, 2005
web
I haven’t been here for a long time. My plan was to write a lot during the Atlantic Film Festival, but I didn’t. I wrote more in my Moleskine than
Technorati Tags
January 14, 2005
web
One of the signs that things are maturing with information on the Web is that things are becoming much more closely linked together. A few days ago
Weaving a Web
January 8, 2005
web
One thing that I’ve noticed is that I’m increasing my presence online. I don’t know if the quality is increasing or if it is just more stuff, but I
What Happened and What’s Next
January 1, 2005
technology & history & web
The online world was very exciting for me in 2004. Blogging kept plugging away and I rediscovered Blogger which Google purchased. The great thing
One Thousand Photos
December 18, 2004
web
I just uploaded a photo to Flickr that brings the size of my archive to one thousand photos. That’s a lot and it confirms my belief that Flickr is a
Community
November 5, 2004
people & web
I’ve been lucky to be part of many different communities in my life. At the time you don’t necessarily think of them as communities as they just
Bye Bye Browser
October 16, 2004
web
I’ve been using the browser less and less since I started using NetNewsWire to read RSS feeds. It’s one the best shareware investments that I’ve
Snarky Comments Loosely Joined
October 15, 2004
web
A couple of nights ago I sat down to watch the U.S. Presidential Debate and decided to join in the second IRC chat that David Weinberger set up. I
Blogger
August 20, 2004
web
I’ve been using Blogger to create a new Screen Arts blog and I really like it. I tried out Blogger when it first started and had a bit of the usual,
Wikipedia
June 13, 2004
web
Wikis are very neat. They are Web sites that are easily editable by anyone. It’s kind of like a public binder where anyone can add pages and anyone
ZeD
June 12, 2004
video & web
I’ve been a member of ZeD for while and have been watching and lurking without uploading anything. In the past the only thing that I’ve uploaded has
Remembering the Web That Was
November 30, 2003
web & history
About a week ago my son asked me for some help with redoing his Web site. He’s seven years old and he likes to do things that everyone else in the
ALA is Back
October 25, 2003
web & design
I haven’t done much Web design or coding in the last while. I haven’t been teaching it either. But I still keep up with things and always at the
Guardian Unlimited Weblog
May 6, 2003
web
During the war in or on Iraq I relied a lot on online news sources…in general I’ve been getting more and more of news from online sources and not
Emergent Report
April 13, 2003
web
One thing that I’ve realized about my ’blog (becoming self-reflexive in a very blog-like way) is that I try not to be in the blogrolling mode with
Something Clicked
February 15, 2003
web
It’s neat when something comes into focus all of a sudden. I read “The Death of the ‘Comments’ Section. RIP” by Steve Mallett and I finally figured
BlogFodder: Anticipate
January 14, 2003
web
I’ve subscribed to BlogFodder which is a “micromail” that provides a seed for weblog posting. Meg Hourihan mentioned it and it intriqued me. I’m
How Bloggers Are Like Canadians
January 13, 2003
web
One of the fascinating characteristics of Canadians that I’ve observed (from the inside, since I’m Canadian) is the concern of what others
the {fray}
October 27, 2002
web
Sometimes you see something that triggers a memory of a place that you haven’t visited in a while. I saw a link and then revisted the {fray} which
Web Standards Project
July 9, 2002
web
Is it important to follow Web standards when it seems that Microsoft has an overwhelming market share? Why yes! I moved away from table-based
That’s Why It’s the Web
June 24, 2002
web & technology & people
Sometimes when you surf around you find the strangest connections and then at some point you almost wind up looking at yourself in the mirror or at
Mozilla 1.0
June 5, 2002
web & mozilla
Yay! It’s official and Mozilla is now done. The open source browser born from the ashes of Netscape is finally released. It works well and I’ve been
Another Reason to Use Mozilla
May 11, 2002
software & technology & web
If you don’t know about Mozilla, you should. It’s the child of Netscape, born back in the days when there was competition for Web browsers and
Welcome to bitdepth!
May 9, 2002
web
Chris Campbell here. I’m finally starting a proper ’blog. While I’ve had a presence on the Web for the while it hasn’t been incredibly personalized.