I am literally typing this as I walk on my treadmill--3% incline, 4mph.
Why? Last night, I made a deal with myself. Every day, no blogging (reading or writing) until I've exercised. Given how addicted to this medim I've become, I figured that would be some powerful incentive.
As I was on my way down to the basement this morning to make good on the deal, Gerald (my husband) reminded me that my trusty TiBook can sit right in the magazine rack on my treadmill. "Read while you walk," he said. So I am. Photo of setup to follow after I'm done.
I was digging around for articles on client-side transformation of XML documents, and stumbled across Molly Holzschlag's article "There Goes the Neighborhood" from the June 2000 issue of Web Technique. The first two paragraphs really caught my eye...
I'm so tired of the terms "venture capital" and "angel investors." What happened to the Web I lovedÛthat strange, diverse place where human expression, information, and global community were as important as commerce?Once a place for information exchange and personal expression, the Web is now driven by commercial endeavors. While this has been great for technological innovation, which is exciting, human issues have been relegated to the Web's alleys and back roads in the rush to develop Web "properties." In essence, the Web is undergoing gentrificationÛa virtual urban renewal.
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For home-page enthusiasts and small businesses, attraction to the Web's resources is being tempered by a raised bar of access. Technologists must develop sites based on commercial rather than personal values. In our rush to embrace and define technology that ultimately belongs to us, we must examine how we're developing our propertiesÛphilosophically and technologically.
What a difference a couple of years--and a few blogs can make, eh?
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