Published by alan on December 13, 2007
in web.
The Common Craft Show is a series of short explanatory videos produced on our own time. We cover social media and lately,
zombies.
Just discovered these videos while wandering in the blogosphere… They’re just brilliant: accurate and relevant, somehow profound and very very funny!
Everything explained from blogging and social networking to the zombies (just in case 
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March 08 update: also see “Twitter in Plain English“
Published by alan on December 6, 2007
in news.
Hooray!
Don’t ask me why, I have just checked my feedburner stats instead of going to bed. And… What a surprise, I’ve got 3 subscribers!
Well, one of them is me… You know, I just wanted to check that everything worked fine in google reader and I never unsubscribed (it felt kind of insulting!). But that’s still 2 actual human beings left, who find an interest in reading the almost-nothing I manage to publish. You’re not just hypothetical after all. Wow. Well… Thank you, whoever you are…
From now on, I’ll try and publish on a more regular basis. At least a post a week, promised!
Dear not-quite-hypothetical Reader,
My name is Alan, I’m 36, I live in Lausanne, Switzerland. I’m married and the proud father of two little monsters. Not that little in fact…
Why a billionth blog? Because I think the idea is brilliant. I’ve been reading quite a few blogs for the past year, and I hardly watch the news on the TV any more. I feel I’m not learning much about what is really going with the traditional media, whereas blogs provide me every day with information that actually makes sense, makes me understand the world better and ultimately makes me a better person.
There is still a kind of magic within the blogosphere. I love its democratic spirit: opening your opinions to comments and criticism. Actually, I love the whole web2.0 idea, and I just thought I could also bring in my tiny contribution.
I still need to find a name for this blog, and a design, but that will have to wait.
I hope I’ll always find the time to write more or less interesting stuff instead of just debating brilliant ideas on my own with myself.
See you!
