Comments on: Wandering the web stacks http://jsomers.net/blog/wandering-the-web-stacks the jsomers.net blog Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:57:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Boredom « the jsomers.net blog http://jsomers.net/blog/wandering-the-web-stacks/comment-page-1#comment-10859 Boredom « the jsomers.net blog Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:34:01 +0000 http://jsomers.net/blog/?p=228#comment-10859 <p>[...] seems to be happening is what I described in a post called “Wandering the Web Stacks“: I cultivate a few feeds, aggregations of abstractions of ideas, and when I’m done [...]</p> [...] seems to be happening is what I described in a post called “Wandering the Web Stacks“: I cultivate a few feeds, aggregations of abstractions of ideas, and when I’m done [...]

]]> By: Stuart Buck http://jsomers.net/blog/wandering-the-web-stacks/comment-page-1#comment-3332 Stuart Buck Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:51:41 +0000 http://jsomers.net/blog/?p=228#comment-3332 <p>I'm partial to Steve Dutch, who has a huge list of essays here: http://www.uwgb.edu/DutchS/pscindx.htm</p> I’m partial to Steve Dutch, who has a huge list of essays here: http://www.uwgb.edu/DutchS/pscindx.htm

]]> By: All-seeing Cuttlefish http://jsomers.net/blog/wandering-the-web-stacks/comment-page-1#comment-3323 All-seeing Cuttlefish Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:42:19 +0000 http://jsomers.net/blog/?p=228#comment-3323 <p>Great post! Lots of good tips. Lately I've been feeling that the internet was boring me, so I've returned to reading dead trees. I can't say I regret the loss; reading voraciously again seems to have rekindled my mind. I think you've provided me with a few ideas to rejuvenate my web life, thanks!</p> <p>I agree with your point about books... they need to be more available online. There's not a lot of depth, at the surface anyway. Have you heard about the Internet Archive BookServer? Looks promising... http://www.archive.org/bookserver</p> <p>@Jake Seliger: Some of the most fruitful reading I've done on the internet is book suggestions... keep it up!</p> Great post! Lots of good tips. Lately I’ve been feeling that the internet was boring me, so I’ve returned to reading dead trees. I can’t say I regret the loss; reading voraciously again seems to have rekindled my mind. I think you’ve provided me with a few ideas to rejuvenate my web life, thanks!

I agree with your point about books… they need to be more available online. There’s not a lot of depth, at the surface anyway. Have you heard about the Internet Archive BookServer? Looks promising… http://www.archive.org/bookserver

@Jake Seliger: Some of the most fruitful reading I’ve done on the internet is book suggestions… keep it up!

]]> By: Jake Seliger http://jsomers.net/blog/wandering-the-web-stacks/comment-page-1#comment-3322 Jake Seliger Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:39:46 +0000 http://jsomers.net/blog/?p=228#comment-3322 <p>In some ways, you're describing problems similar to those Julian Sanchez discussed in <a href="http://jseliger.com/2009/06/01/highly-recommended-the-perils-of-pop-philosophy/" rel="nofollow">The Perils of Pop Philosophy</a> (which I discuss in turn at the link). As Sanchez says:</p> <p>"Those are real enough, but there’s also the problem that the general glut of information and opinion makes it disconcertingly easy to kid yourself about how well you understand a particular topic."</p> <p>Skimming vacuous websites won't get us to knowledge, and at this point, reading books more often will. The trick is being able to find the pointers to the books you should read, which I think the web is very good at, and which I try to contribute to in my own small way.</p> In some ways, you’re describing problems similar to those Julian Sanchez discussed in The Perils of Pop Philosophy (which I discuss in turn at the link). As Sanchez says:

“Those are real enough, but there’s also the problem that the general glut of information and opinion makes it disconcertingly easy to kid yourself about how well you understand a particular topic.”

Skimming vacuous websites won’t get us to knowledge, and at this point, reading books more often will. The trick is being able to find the pointers to the books you should read, which I think the web is very good at, and which I try to contribute to in my own small way.

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