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Dave just quoted my "I don't like vaporware of any kind" from the dynamicobjects homepage and immediately the hit count on the site shot up, and comments appear (maybe coincidentally? doubtful) on other places (like Rue's blog). These network effects are just amazing (in this case, the effect of a hub in the network, such as Scripting News, similar to what slashdot does for most news in general), particularly for a "creature" as decentralized and "fading" (yet persistent) as weblogs are, where the links between entries are tenuous and quickly receding as new daily entries take their place.

And by the way, thanks for the link Dave!

Categories: technology
Posted by diego on November 7 2002 at 3:00 AM
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After that your site was mentioned on the Chandler Design list which is buzzing with PIM related talk right now.

See:

http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/design/2002-November/000764.html

Posted by: Stuart Woodward at November 7, 2002 4:02 AM

I found out about it by reading my referers, I was being pointed to by Warm Brain [1]. When I went there he was talking about your software. I thought it sounded like Chandler, except while they're happily in vapor, you said you didn't like being in vapor. Then somone (I think Mark Bernstein) cross-posted to the Chandler design list. So that's how word flowed. I am honored to be a hub in the network, but the only way that happens is if I discover and pass on juicy links like this one quickly.

[1] http://blog.warmbrain.com/

Posted by: Dave Winer at November 7, 2002 3:03 PM

Hah! I knew it was my posting!

Dylan
http://blog.warmbrain.com

Posted by: Dylan Parker at November 7, 2002 5:20 PM

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