Tag Archives: vox
Paolo
As I was scanning my facebook feed this morning, I found an unexpected and sad announcement that a former vox-neighbor and blogger-friend, Paolo Presta, had died. Paolo was an Italian who lived near Toronto and wrote the blog “How We … Continue reading
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If last weekend was my birthday, this past weekend also marked another significant milestone at The Aerie: this blog turned five. Wow, I guess now it’s getting ready to go to blog-kindergarten. I always like to take this time to … Continue reading
Plus Side
So, the other day I got an invitation to “field test” Google+, the latest attempt for a social networking platform by Google and pretty widely thought of to be a direct Facebook competitor. Now, I wasn’t sure that between Facebook, … Continue reading
So Long, Vox
“And I don’t think I have to tell any of you that SixApart really isn’t putting a lot of effort into Vox. I’ve been backing things up in WordPress for that day when things go *poof*, or when the spamming … Continue reading
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It seems a little impossible, but this is the fourth anniversary of starting this blog. Wow. That’s a quite a while. The number refers to the total number of posts since its inception. Again – wow. There’s been a lot … Continue reading
Odometer
Everyone likes to see their odometer rollover, right? Count So, I guess I'd just like to say thanks for reading — even to all the spambots. ;) Read and post comments | Send to a friend
How Do You Keep Track Your Books?
With the increasing spam-itization of vox causing a lot of angst around here (and for good reason), I’ve been thinking about mechanisms to save the content of this blog, you know, if in the end it becomes necessary to go … Continue reading
What Would You Call a Social Networking Site for Scientists?
Today, the NIH announced that they are spending $27MM of your Recovery money on creating a social network for scientists in the biomedical research community. You can read about it here. The goal is summed up as follows: These Web-based … Continue reading
Thanks a Million
Well, more like “Thanks Ten Thousand” but that sounds sort of weird. One of the nice things about the move to wordpress is being able to get a quick snapshot of your page-stats on the “dashboard”. Yesterday, I noticed that … Continue reading →