One of the things that struck me in a piece in Wired by Jorn Barger from last December was his insistence that blogging means URLs (”A true weblog is a log of all the URLs you want to save or share. (So del.icio.us is actually better for blogging than blogger.com.)).” (Take a look at his weblog to see what he means.)
While that’s soooo Web1.0 (as if that means anything), I like it. Part of this whole sharing information thing is pointing people to other new sites and points of view. I get all excited and giddy when someone links to a site I’ve never been to before, and that’s how I’ve discovered some of my favorites sites.
So, in an effort to document this archeology of semantics, I’m going to, periodically, post about a site I like. In addition to saying a few things about why I like the site, I’m going to try and remember how I got there.
This week, it’s Dancho Danchev’s blog. I only stumbled here recently, where it was linked off Bruce Schneier’s blog entry about the Storm Worm. What strikes me about Dancho’s site (and why I keep going back) is the rigorousness of his research, his presentation, and his focus. He does one thing (information security - particularly tools, worms, and malware), and he does it well.
A few of my favorite posts: “Riders on the Storm Worm,” “Mujahideen Secrets 2 Encryption Tool Released,” and “Cyber Jihadist Hacking Teams.”
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