Open Journal Montreal

The Problem with OpenJournal and An Open Source-Inspired Proposal:
A comment that turned into a new plan for OpenJournal.
by Risa Dickens.

skip the preamble and take me straight to the problem and the proposed solution, please.

Part 1.
Editing Openness: Lessons from Open Source.
I’m really glad Christian drew the issue of edited openness into the comments about [...]

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by Yohei
I recently re-listened to Elliott Smith’s earlier, demo version of his song “Speed Trials.” Though the demo is poorly recorded, it has some noteworthy lyric moments that are, I think, more interesting than the later version’s.
Placing the original, demo lyrics in the margins in bold, the chrous of finished version of “Speed [...]

by Risa Dickens
In a recent post, Neil suggested that choosing “stupefying confusion” as yer axiom instead of clarity or fidelity might make for a good thought tactic. In a way this sounds like aiming low so as to not be disapointed, but this shift in expectation (which would seem to give up on successful communication [...]

Or: It’s a Question of Vectors.
by Neil Balan
Here, with the slightest hint of cold (9 degrees?), the simultaneous and mass deployment of gear and ornaments that intersect in a fashion-pragmatism-use assembly is overwhelming me. Folks have busted out whole alternate sets of clothing configurations to address the aesthetic demands of weather in productive ways. Weather [...]

you can see stage 1 of this drawing here, if you like.