RoughlyDrafted Magazine: Journal

Regarding Facts and Fiction

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:47:28 -0800

In our brave new world dominated by the Internet, there's no time to wait around for reputable journalism and encyclopedias. Both have been largely pushed aside by anonymous writers filling space on web pages with speculative information presented without any attribution. Today much of what we think we know comes from blogs and the Wikipedia, and is delivered by index sites that perform the tas

Regarding Bias

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:18:59 -0800

Many news sources have an obvious political leaning, but the fact that their bias is obvious means that their bias can openly be considered when evaluating what that source is saying. Anyone reading my stuff is also aware that I similarly have strong personal views on technology. Bias is only deceptive when it is hidden. The Wall Street Journal doesn't pretend to be liberal, and the NY Times doe

About RoughlyDrafted Magazine

Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:05:46 -0800

I’m Daniel Eran, and I write about technology, Apple, motorcycles and the place I call home: San Francisco. This is a work in progress. I’ve done RoughlyDrafted for a few years, but my site was so much work that it kept me from writing. I’m attempting to simplify things using iWeb. Contribute You can contribute to my site by writing me with your feedback, corrections, and ideas. You can also link

About Daniel Eran

Sun, 13 May 2007 14:00:13 -0700

Hi, I’m Daniel Eran Dilger, a tech consultant and writer in San Francisco, California. I ride a motorcycle and I like to work on art projects. Comments & Feedback I like to hear from readers. You can comment on articles directly, or send your ideas, comments, feedback, corrections to me via email or the plain old post office. Daniel Eran Dilger 1001 Page Street #87 SF, CA 94117 USA The

Podcast plans

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 04:20:40 -0700

This week I was interviewed by Gene Steinberg of the MacNightOwl for his regular podcast. I am excited to find out what I sound like, because I was talking off the cuff. When I get too excited about what I’m talking about, I forget to listen to what I sound like. I have been thinking about doing a podcast of my own. I tried listening to a few different podcasts listed in the iTMS, but I guess I’m

Cleaning up my new design

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 14:56:39 -0700

I didn’t realize how bad my initial layout was until I spent some time cleaning it up, and then compared the original again. I tried to make my layout look suggestive of my previous site, but also tried to use features in iWeb (shadows, borders, gradients) to make it look sharper and more polished. Another thing I added was support for Amazon’s beta popups. I link to Amazon products for, obvious