Welcome
September 3, 2005
You may have been redirected just now from another blog. This new blog combines two blogs, A Thousand Furnished Rooms, which has been active since March 2004, and a second blog, Ideas in Technology and Publishing, which I wrote from August 2003 to January 2005.
A Thousand Furnished Rooms was a personal blog with a specific focus. Over the last several years, I have been developing narrative nonfiction. I hesitate to call it “memoir,” because, well, that seems too precious to me. “Narrative nonfiction” seems both more accurate and less precious, yet also somehow less limiting to me.
My professional blog, Ideas in Technology and Publishing, focused on the subject matter of my business, New Millennium Publishing. New Millennium is a consulting practice focused on emerging technical issues for publishers — including content management, XML, and digital rights management.
Like its two predecessor blogs, this will be a work in progress. I will post a mix of new materials, recent materials, and past materials that I am revisiting.
I realize that in combining the two blogs, I run the risk of alienating readers who come here expecting one or the other blog. Some of you may only be interested in the entries related to technology and publishing, and some of you may only want to read the more personal entries. To that end, my developer, Aaron Schutzengel, added a “switch” that allows you to choose “personal posts only,” “tech posts only,” or “everything (default).” It seems to work really well, so if you feel strongly about such things, by all means, avail yourself of it.
Posted by Bill Trippe at September 3, 2005 11:50 AM
