Tom Morris



2007.12.19

I'm not big into competitions, but I entered for Command-Shift 3 which is like a HotOrNot for web design. I am quite proud of my site's design - it's pretty good for something that's not put together by a designer. 2007-12-19T22:15:17ZUntitled entry permalink

eSkeptic have published a review by Norman levitt of Steve Fuller's new book on ID. I met Fuller last year, and his arguments are really facile (I demolished a few of them back in July of last year on this blog) - but it was interesting to meet someone who testified at Kitzmiller v. Dover. 2007-12-19T22:12:36ZUntitled entry permalink

I asked a question on AskPhilosophers on whether the Internet is a significant shift in how philosophy is studied and practiced. 2007-12-19T20:14:19ZUntitled entry permalink

Jeremy Keith and Zeldman have blog posts about the future of the W3C. I completely agree with Jeremy. I'm trying to remain involved in W3C activity - although I can't contribute tremendous amounts on HTML and CSS, I try to spend a fair chunk of time every day keeping up with what SWIG participants and Semantic Web people are up to and try to guide them towards what I consider the good - practical, human-oriented problem-solving rather than abstract, technical solution-hunting. I think the SemWeb people are in a unique position - because we can really invent stuff whole-cloth without having to worry tremendous amounts about backwards compatibility, we can really just say "this is a problem, let's throw some solutions around and see what sticks" rather than worrying about browser compatibility and so on. If you are in a position to get involved with W3C work, please do - whether it's through the official channel of working on a specification for a member organisation or by being a mailing list or IRC participant, or work on building tools or unofficial stuff. The only way the W3C will improve is if we all help. The alternative is a Web where browser vendors end up dictating where the world goes. And sometimes browser vendors don't always have the interests of Web users at heart. For instance, if a user wants to make their own browser, why should the existing browser vendors make it easy for them? 2007-12-19T15:21:56ZUntitled entry permalink

Meg Pickard has a blog post about Le Web 3 and the "Girls of Le Web" video. I thought the video was completely tacky, brash and tasteless, which means it's a great fit for the Le Web brand... 2007-12-19T13:49:20ZUntitled entry permalink

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Tom Morris
Currently in: Greater London, England
Usually in: East Sussex, United Kingdom
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I am a , an , like to code in and noodle about with and the . I also have a BA in philosophy from London, and am in preparation for an MA. My philosophical interests are in Victorian-era German philosophy, Kierkegaard, Robert Nozick, hermeneutics and current approaches to the demarcation problem in the philosophy of science. Musically, I like jazz fusion, soul and P-Funk. My musical nirvana would be a mixture of Beethoven, Miles Davis and George Clinton topped with a side-serving of Erykah, Jill and Angie.

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