http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/07/chris-im-sorry.html The Emergent Chaos Jazz Combo Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/07/chris-im-sorry.html/comment-page-1#comment-5978 Chris Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:52:17 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=3177#comment-5978 I thought about it at the time, actually. The actual link was freakin' huge, and I was too lazy to write the tags. I've been chided elsewhere for embedding long links in comments, so maybe I was overly cautious. In any case, there's certainly no need to apologize for being Gallant where I was Goofus. I thought about it at the time, actually. The actual link was freakin’ huge, and I was too lazy to write the tags. I’ve been chided elsewhere for embedding long links in comments, so maybe I was overly cautious.
In any case, there’s certainly no need to apologize for being Gallant where I was Goofus.

]]> http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/07/chris-im-sorry.html/comment-page-1#comment-5977 dbs Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:40:20 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=3177#comment-5977 One of hte other issues with the URL shorteners is it chokepoints the free interconnectivity of the net. Postings, blog entries, articles, etc that use URL shorteners are putting their information references at the whim of some third party redirector. If that redirector goes away (and they will), the connection is lost. Twitter I can understanding needing the shorteners. But I really think folks should use full URLs whenever feasible. One of hte other issues with the URL shorteners is it chokepoints the free interconnectivity of the net. Postings, blog entries, articles, etc that use URL shorteners are putting their information references at the whim of some third party redirector. If that redirector goes away (and they will), the connection is lost.
Twitter I can understanding needing the shorteners. But I really think folks should use full URLs whenever feasible.

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