Jump to content

User:Bstepno: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
I'm a former newspaper guy who fell into "online" after writing a 1988 master's thesis about hypertext, then deciding to go for a PhD so that I could have a better Internet connection.
I'm a former newspaper guy who fell into "online" after writing a 1988 master's thesis about hypertext, then deciding to go for a PhD so that I could have a better Internet connection.


I've poked around Wikipedia for a couple of years, logged on or not, creating or contributing to pages about places where I've worked ([[Nando]].net, The [[Hartford Courant]] and [[MultiMate]]) or simply fixing typographical errors, correcting facts about things that happened on my birthday, or bits about weblogs and podcasts when I see something missing, and otherwise keeping myself amused and away from the work I'm being paid to do elsewhere.
I've poked around Wikipedia for a couple of years, logged on or not, creating or contributing to pages about places where I've worked ([[Nando]].net, The [[Hartford Courant]] and [[MultiMate]]) or simply fixing typographical and factual errors.


I've edited or added pages about my birthday, about weblogs, RSS, podcasts, folk music and other areas I know something about, all in pursuit of keeping myself amused and away from the work I'm being paid to do elsewhere.
Because my Wikipedia sessions often involve an "I really should be doing something else" factor, I sometimes leave things with less than the most Wikisophisticated layout or link structures -- I do a better job of checking my facts than I do checking the Wikipedia docs. I promise to keep learning...

Because my Wikipedia sessions often involve an "I really should be doing something else" factor, I sometimes leave things with less than the most Wikisophisticated layout or link structures -- I do a better job of checking my facts than I do checking the Wikipedia docs to make sure I'm sticking to accepted formats. I promise to keep learning...


[Bob http://stepno.com]
[Bob http://stepno.com]

Revision as of 02:45, 14 March 2005

I'm a former newspaper guy who fell into "online" after writing a 1988 master's thesis about hypertext, then deciding to go for a PhD so that I could have a better Internet connection.

I've poked around Wikipedia for a couple of years, logged on or not, creating or contributing to pages about places where I've worked (Nando.net, The Hartford Courant and MultiMate) or simply fixing typographical and factual errors.

I've edited or added pages about my birthday, about weblogs, RSS, podcasts, folk music and other areas I know something about, all in pursuit of keeping myself amused and away from the work I'm being paid to do elsewhere.

Because my Wikipedia sessions often involve an "I really should be doing something else" factor, I sometimes leave things with less than the most Wikisophisticated layout or link structures -- I do a better job of checking my facts than I do checking the Wikipedia docs to make sure I'm sticking to accepted formats. I promise to keep learning...

[Bob http://stepno.com]