For The Sake of Clarity - The Digital Tavern » On Blogs & Blogging http://blog.digitaltavern.com -- There are no strangers here, only friends you haven't met Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:58:46 +0000 en hourly 1 -- There are no strangers here, only friends you haven't met Allan Karl no Allan Karl allan@worldrider.com allan@worldrider.com (Allan Karl) © 2011 WorldRider Productions, Allan F. Karl Encintias, California -There are no strangers here, only friends you haven't met motorcycle, bicycling, bicycle, travel, around the world, culture, Finland, South America, India, Thailand, Food, WorldRider For The Sake of Clarity - The Digital Tavern » On Blogs & Blogging http://blog.digitaltavern.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.digitaltavern.com/category/social/on-blogs-blogging Leucadia, California Monthly Web Apps, Apple Magic Mouse and Safari Gestures: A Bad Combo http://blog.digitaltavern.com/mac-my-day/web-apps-apple-magic-mouse-and-safari-gestures-a-bad-combo http://blog.digitaltavern.com/mac-my-day/web-apps-apple-magic-mouse-and-safari-gestures-a-bad-combo#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:51:51 +0000 allan http://blog.digitaltavern.com/?p=1443 For Mac users that have upgraded to Lion and are using any web-based applications such as Basecamp, WordPress, Tungle or just about any webpage with a form, I’ve got a personal pet peeve.

Apple Magic Mouse Is Much To Sensitive Gesture Multi-TouchI use the Apple Magic mouse. Essentially the surface of this mouse mimics a touch or track pad (taking advantage of the [...]

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/mac-my-day/web-apps-apple-magic-mouse-and-safari-gestures-a-bad-combo/feed 2 Happy Birthday. Happy Anniversary. The Power of Four. http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/happy-birthday-happy-anniversary-the-power-of-four http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/happy-birthday-happy-anniversary-the-power-of-four#comments Mon, 22 May 2006 05:15:19 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=549 I almost forgot and let the week go by without thinking about it. It’s an important milestone for me. Actually this week marks two anniversaries of sorts. First it was 4 months ago this week that I broke my leg in Bolivia and had to be Medivad’d back to the states for surgery. More on how my recovery [...]

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/happy-birthday-happy-anniversary-the-power-of-four/feed 0 SmartPhone Anxiety? http://blog.digitaltavern.com/mac-my-day/smartphone-anxiety http://blog.digitaltavern.com/mac-my-day/smartphone-anxiety#comments Fri, 19 May 2006 11:02:42 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=35 Seems Doc is intrigued by the latest Palm Treo SmartPhone announcement. That is until he discovered the new Treo 700 would only be offered on the Verizon and Sprint Networks. Back in the day Verizon and Sprint were the only carriers pushing the CDMA standard — something I believe San Diego-based Qualcomm developed while the rest of [...]

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/mac-my-day/smartphone-anxiety/feed 0 Goodbye Bloglet. Hello Feedblitz. http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/goodbye-bloglet-hello-feedblitz http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/goodbye-bloglet-hello-feedblitz#comments Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:58:39 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=10 For the few hundred or so subscribers to The Digital Tavern, you've probably noticed that notifications for new posts have been sporadic at best. This is because Monsur of Bloglet seems to have abandoned his service. I can't blame him, for it has been free for so many years. There's no advertising and for the most part it has been [...]

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/goodbye-bloglet-hello-feedblitz/feed 0 Nostalgia & PodCasting http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/nostalgia-podcasting http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/nostalgia-podcasting#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:11:50 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=15 I just got off the phone with my good friend Johnee Bee. I first met Johnee in 1987 just months after I opened the door of my advertising agency PRISCOMM. My then partner ironically sported the nickname Johnny A and together we responded to a small classified ad that Johnee Bee ran in the local free business rag that circulated [...]

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/nostalgia-podcasting/feed 0 Blog,PodCasting I just got off the phone with my good friend Johnee Bee. I first met Johnee in 1987 just months after I opened the door of my advertising agency PRISCOMM. My then partner ironically sported the nickname Johnny A and together we responded to a small cla... I just got off the phone with my good friend Johnee Bee. I first met Johnee in 1987 just months after I opened the door of my advertising agency PRISCOMM. My then partner ironically sported the nickname Johnny A and together we responded to a small classified ad that Johnee Bee ran in the local free business rag that circulated the Orange County John Wayne Airport business district. I still remember the ad copy: "If you've got the Mac I've got the knack" Johnee Bee was a fledging computer artist illustrator. Johnny A greeted him with a huge smile, high energy and sincere excitement and yelled into my office, "Hey Allan! Johnee Bee good is here. Wearing stylish glasses, hip clothing and two different colored socks, he just turned to Johnny A and in a deadpan monotone voice said, "It's just Johnee Bee!" Nearly 20 years and countless designs and illustrations later we are still great friends and still have the opportunity to collaborate on creative projects. A year ago he married a beautiful woman, Cynthia who around the same time couldn't turn down a terrific career opportunity in Minnesota. So the tow of them abandoned the sunshine of Southern California for the lakes and could winters of Minneapolois/St. Paul. Johnee swears it isn't that bad. For a guy who grew up in Southern California and never took to winter sports such as skiing, I do believe him. But I wonder when they'll be back. He is one of the best illustrators I've ever worked with and he keeps reinventing himself and now is one of the top Flash animators in the country. But that's besides the point. While I've been galavanting around the world on my motorcycle, Johnee Bee has become the PodCast producer and host extraordinaire. Nearly a year ago when he traded in his sunglasses and sandals for wool blankets and a heating bill, he kept himself entertained and free from the brutal cold and wind-chill of the great white north by producing a wildly entertaining PodCast called Mostly Trivial. Johnee describes the PodCast Show as "a fun, general and short trivia game." But he is doing himself an understated injustice. The production quality is top notch, the subject matter varies from the sublime to the esoteric. Johnee has a knack for making his show interesting, funny and fun. He writes much of his own music, has a notorious knack for finding and researching intriguing material and makes Mostly Trivial infinitely entertaining complete with its own cast of characters. ---> Check out this show. You can subscribe to Mostly Trivial with your host Johnee Bee through iTunes here. <-- - - - Before I set out on my WorldRider journey, Johnee Bee and I brainstormed and even recorded a few sound-bytes for what we both thought would be the start of on ongoing PodCast show documenting the sights, sounds, characters, cultures and adventure of my journey. But as solo journeys go, time for experiencing sometimes conflicts with time for documenting and recording. I kept up to a point my video coverage, but soon that became a burden. Unfortunately the PodCasts never took off at WorldRider.com. However, today we were reinvigorate and newly inspired to finally bring the long past-due PodCasts to life. So while I'm in physical therapy and building back my strength we will bring some of the stories of my first 7 months of riding around North, Central and South America to life in WorldRider PodCasts. What's more, I will bring in interviews with other riders, adventurers and arm chair travelers to make the show interesting, stimulating and inspiring. I've already recorded my first PodCast as an experimental and non-official first show: "Travels From The Sickbed". This first show was recorded lying in bed using my PowerBook G4, an AKG microphone and GarageBand software. It's a first stab. So check it out. But stay tuned here and to the WorldRider website for updates and continued. improvement. Allan Karl no Checking In On The Blogosphere http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/checking-in-on-the-blogosphere http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/checking-in-on-the-blogosphere#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:57:01 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=17 While traveling by motorcycle for the last 7 months from Alaska to Bolivia, I spent much of my free “internet” time writing and posting stories from the road. But I'd tune in to the blogosphere and peruse some of my favorite blogs while discovering new bloggers on the travelers' circuit. With a few months of down time while I lick [...]

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/checking-in-on-the-blogosphere/feed 0 Welcome Back To The Digital Tavern http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/welcome-back-to-the-digital-tavern http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/welcome-back-to-the-digital-tavern#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:41:35 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=18 It’s like coming back to your hometown and running into an old friend. While times has passed, the conversation, familiarity and common ground makes it seem like yesterday. That is time apart has been scrunched up and the difference between now and then is irrelevant.

I’m talking about The Digital Tavern: For The Sake of Clarity. I’ve been away and [...]

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/welcome-back-to-the-digital-tavern/feed 0 A Ten Year Old Merlot & Some Random Thoughts http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/a-ten-year-old-merlot-some-random-thoughts http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/a-ten-year-old-merlot-some-random-thoughts#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:03:59 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=62 Trying to pick up the pace on the Digital Tavern, but I've been focusing on a rather large project that I'll fill you in on sometime in January. Patience and focus. Two of what have become my ubiquitous phrases when offering advice (solicited or not) to clients and friends.

So the Dr. tells me I've got to control my cholesterol. [...]

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/a-ten-year-old-merlot-some-random-thoughts/feed 0 The Hugeness of Blogging by Ballmer http://blog.digitaltavern.com/mac-my-day/the-hugeness-of-blogging-by-ballmer http://blog.digitaltavern.com/mac-my-day/the-hugeness-of-blogging-by-ballmer#comments Sat, 04 Dec 2004 07:04:59 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=63 Microsoft CEO tells Detroit Press columnist Mike Wendland that “Blogging is huge.” And that's why Microsoft hopes to take advantage of its popularity by launching MSN Spaces. Seems Microsoft is always playing catch up, but then again I never accused the Redmond behemoth of being innovative. Microsoft has tried to capture dollars and clicks from the successes of [...]

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/mac-my-day/the-hugeness-of-blogging-by-ballmer/feed 0 Where Did The Digital Tavern Go? <br>Domain Nightmares & Fun! http://blog.digitaltavern.com/mac-my-day/where-did-the-digital-tavern-go-brdomain-nightmares-fun http://blog.digitaltavern.com/mac-my-day/where-did-the-digital-tavern-go-brdomain-nightmares-fun#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2004 10:41:29 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=81 We're here. Never really went anywhere.

If you have tried to visit this site in the past few days you might have imagined something terrible happened to The Digital Tavern.

Did it go up in smoke? Hacked by teetotalers? Kidnapped by terrorists? Or abandoned by a wayfaring troubadour more interested in curing his wanderlust than feeding words into the internet [...]

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/mac-my-day/where-did-the-digital-tavern-go-brdomain-nightmares-fun/feed 0 Time To Move To A New Blogging Platform? http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/time-to-move-to-a-new-blogging-platform http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/time-to-move-to-a-new-blogging-platform#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:32:42 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=83 Coming off my post yesterday I must vent about my disappointment with my blogging software and host Radio Userland. It seems that for nearly a year I've been riddled with problems related to getting a daily entry effectively posted. However, I barely have a 50% success rate.

Let me explain, Radio actually is a desktop application that [...]

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/time-to-move-to-a-new-blogging-platform/feed 0 Digital Tavern Subscribers: Bloglet Back? Time to Move Off Radio Userland? http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/digital-tavern-subscribers-bloglet-back-brtime-to-move-off-radio-userland http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/digital-tavern-subscribers-bloglet-back-brtime-to-move-off-radio-userland#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2004 10:31:03 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=84 It appears that the Bloglet Digital Tavern updates are working again. You should’ve received an update in the wee hours of Sunday morning. I’m not sure why the service has been so sporadic and buggy. But while most you subscribers weren’t getting notices, as author of this blog I received a notice for each of my posts in August. [...]

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/digital-tavern-subscribers-bloglet-back-brtime-to-move-off-radio-userland/feed 0 Tomorrow: Why I haven't blogged in 3 weeks. http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/tomorrow-why-i-havent-blogged-in-3-weeks http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/tomorrow-why-i-havent-blogged-in-3-weeks#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:42:29 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=92 Ok. I'm alive. And ready to begin blogging again. Tomorrow. And you should stay tuned. There's a good reason why I've been away from the keys of my PowerBook. The full story, details and photos are coming. Tomorrow.

See you then.

No Need to Click Here – I'm just claiming my feed at Feedster

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/tomorrow-why-i-havent-blogged-in-3-weeks/feed 0 Ebay Scam & Identity Theft http://blog.digitaltavern.com/mac-my-day/ebay-scam-identity-theft http://blog.digitaltavern.com/mac-my-day/ebay-scam-identity-theft#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:05:27 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=96 If you've purchased or sold anything on eBay more than a couple times you've probably run into eBay's rigorous security and SafeHarbor teams. Several months back I cleaned through my garage and found a bunch of old audio equipment I no longer used. Rather than toss into the dumpster, I took some digital photos, wrote some basic copy and posted [...]

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/mac-my-day/ebay-scam-identity-theft/feed 0 Fear of Blogger Burnout? http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/fear-of-blogger-burnout http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/fear-of-blogger-burnout#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2004 16:14:02 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=99 Ironically enough today Wired Magazine (online) published a story on Blogger Burnout — a nice follow up to my yesterday's post on dead blogs.

[...] bloggers contacted for this story noted that their readers seem to look at their regular, consistent posting patterns as somewhat akin to a sign of physical health. And any break in

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/fear-of-blogger-burnout/feed 0 When Is A Blog Dead? http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/when-is-a-blog-dead http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/when-is-a-blog-dead#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2004 16:09:09 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=100 Catching up on my usual suspects of bloggers and their recent posts I noticed that Joi blogged the fact that Technoroti has tracked it's 3 millionth blog – of course when I read his post headline where he claimed that “Technorati Tracks 3M Blogs” I immediately thought of the once incredibly innovative Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing [...]

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/when-is-a-blog-dead/feed 0 Diggin' On The Tavern! http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/diggin-on-the-tavern http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/diggin-on-the-tavern#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2004 15:48:32 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=105 Thank you.

Wow. I'm a bit overwhelmed. Thanks for the responses to my post yesterday. Those who have commented here in the Tavern and those who've opted to send me an email through this blog.

It's going to keep on keeping on. What's that mean? Good god. The blog. While I traipse around this glorious planet I'm committed to sharing [...]

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/diggin-on-the-tavern/feed 0 Keeping It Up. And Keeping It Fresh. Even Exciting. http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/keeping-it-up-and-keeping-it-fresh-even-exciting http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/keeping-it-up-and-keeping-it-fresh-even-exciting#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2004 14:49:22 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=106 With my insane but exciting travel schedule of late I've had a hard time not only keeping the Digital Tavern (aka my blog) up to date, I've been amiss in reading my favorite blogs. But some downtime today and I gotta thank Doc for pointing me to this New York Times article (read it now before it [...]

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/keeping-it-up-and-keeping-it-fresh-even-exciting/feed 0 China. http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/555 http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/555#comments Wed, 05 May 2004 08:42:52 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=555 Traveling to China. If you’re interested in more great travel stories as I make my way from Hong Kong to China don’t miss the following posts. Some difficulty in upoloading my blog entries in mainland China so Bloglet subscription updates won’t go out because these are dated from a few days ago.

Take a moment and read through the following [...]

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/555/feed 0 Going Downhill in Hong Kong! http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/going-downhill-in-hong-kong http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/going-downhill-in-hong-kong#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2004 01:41:05 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=118 Hong Kong is busy. We’re staying in Causeway Bay which I’ve learned is the most congested part of Hong Kong. Funny thing is half of this island is a National Park. And anything is a 30 minute cab ride away. The city rolls with steel and glass high rises from the Hong Kong bay uphill to Victoria Peak, the [...]

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]]> http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/going-downhill-in-hong-kong/feed 0 China Bound http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/china-bound http://blog.digitaltavern.com/social/on-blogs-blogging/china-bound#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:04:02 +0000 allan http://www.allankarl.com/blog/?p=124 One week from today I'll be hopping on a big bird and making my treks to Hong Kong and South Western China. It's interesting to note the responses from those who I've shared details about my trip. Typically the trivia rolls off the tongue.

  • 1.3 billion people (about 25% of the world's population)
  • 2.5 million Military Service Personnel
  • There

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