http://joecallan.com The Portfolio and Professional Blog of Joe Callan Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:22:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   In the flash animation strip in my header, you can see mention (in animated red pen) of the "OXFORD COMMA", the last comma in any series of items in a sentence. Over time, use of this final comma has lost favor in the publishing world, starting with newsprinters (notorious for ... http://joecallan.com/2011/06/the-proofreaders-gag-in-my-header-becomes-a-reality/ I wasn’t yet two when the first commercial domain name was bought in 1985. I was seven when the “World Wide Web” was a seed idea in 1990. When I was eleven—months before Netscape Navigator and almost a year before Microsoft Internet Explorer were released—I would have my first experience in ... http://joecallan.com/2010/06/on-the-cusp-of-the-data-generation/ At the beginning of February I wrote a column for the March/April issue Domainer's Magazine about the almost certain possibility that Google would pull out of its business ventures in China. As suspected, that event has come to pass, and with it comes news that GoDaddy will also wash ... http://joecallan.com/2010/03/digitally-inflicted-sinophobia/ Reading Mr. Carr's recent column in the NYT, "The Fall and Rise of Media", I've never been more exhilarated to seek out my next media move. The following passage is the heart of the message, and contains a rather positive outlook for the next generation of New York's editors, designers, ... http://joecallan.com/2009/12/david-carr-has-it-right/ A few sections are looking like I want them to look now. This site template was laid out very well--things are modular and very clearly written in the code, allowing me to make it into the site I wanted very quickly. One of the quirky things that attracted me to ... http://joecallan.com/2009/11/getting-somewhere/ Well, I had my name pointing to another of my domains, but it's been hiding in the redirect shadows for long enough. I've decided to split my personal website into another entity here at JoeCallan.com.  There's not much to it right now--I'm working on moving everything over, personalizing the template ... http://joecallan.com/2009/11/joecallan-com/