Phil Grocehttp://philgroce.com/blog/general/Phil Grocehttp://philgroce.com/blog/general/p.groce+blog@gmail.comCopyright 2006-2008 Phil Groce. All Rights Reserved.
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2008-12-31T13:17:54ZSkype has the wrong namehttp://philgroce.com/blog/2008/12/31/skype-grandchildren2008-12-31T13:17:54Z2008-12-31T13:17:54Z<p>It should really be called GrandchildVision.</p>
<p>Also, Happy New Year. That is all.</p>Blog, take three.http://philgroce.com/blog/2006/07/15/blog-part-32006-07-16T03:46:16Z2006-07-16T03:46:16Z<p>I’ve rebooted the site, and the blog.</p>
<p>As long-time readers (hi, Mom!) will no doubt recall, I started this site when blogs were in their infancy. At the time, blogs were the new Pet Rock, and attracted all manner of internet magpies, looking for shiny gewgaws. As a result, blogs themselves got a bit of a reputation as being boring exercises in narcissism, a kind of Geocities reinvented.</p>
<p>The world has come a long way since then. For one thing, Myspace really <em>is</em> Geocities reinvented, this time fused with social networks—which, come to think of it, may serve the same role in pop culture terms that blogs did in their infancy. Meanwhile, blogging has resolved into a rich but nonetheless fairly settled medium. Now smart people start blogs, and put things on them that are worth reading. Whole <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/">political</a> and <a href="http://www.yarnharlot.com">social</a> communities have coalesced around the medium.</p>
<p>I assure you, dear reader, that I will not descend to that level of nonsense. Boring narcissism it is. Enjoy.</p>