This page is for notable people and sites with whom Philosophistry has engaged in some loosely defined sense of a conversation. There are other people, such as Chaz and Roberto, with whom I've interacted on that level, but unfortunately do not have a web presence (go get one!)

Friends

Paulo is like the dark star of Philosophistry, affecting things gravitationally, but not really visible. Since my first week of posting on Philosophistry, Paulo has followed the content closely and given input on many different levels.

Michael Shanks is a professor of archaeology at Stanford, and also the founder of The MetaMedia Lab. We've collaborated on a couple projects, including Archaeography and The Burtynsky Exhibit. He has exposed me to some of the deeper, academic issues that I've been experimenting with on Philosophistry.

Rusty Parks does quality assurance for Philosophistry. He is a philosophy major from Austin, TX and a former co-worker of mine at Aspyr.

Ian Spiro also experiments with various web productions as a hobby. We touch base to remind ourselves that there is another person doing the same thing.

Neil Joshi is a sports blogger from San Diego. He's another one of my many-talented cousins.

Rahul Dhingra (no known relation) has kept up with my blog since I started analyzing wikipedia as a medium. He's based in Toronto.

Travis Vocino tracked me through my blog early on. He's a "South Florida based artist, designer, new media scientist, technologist and chocolate milk aficionado."

Matthew Batchelder was one of the early beta testers of Leetster. He also runs MasterWish, a site for sharing wishlists online.

Alex Yamane has kept me in touch with the latest in spirituality and shamanism.

Kyle Doerksen and I have swapped links and ideas over the years.

Bob Ryskamp is a web designer from Palo Alto. He helped promote my 2D map-like blog re-design.

Patrick Rogers is a producer at the video game company I used to work for, Aspyr.

Charon is a budding blogger.

Bloggers

Jason Kottke may or may not know who I am, but he has linked to my works on a couple occasions. He is a cult hero in the blogosphere for becoming the first full-time blogger to work solely for donations. His blog is like a New Yorker for hyperlinks, and since The New Yorker is my favorite magazine, Jason's blog is my favorite blog.

J-Walk is an atheist and excel guru. He has a popular, entertaining, and humorous blog. On a few occasions, he has linked to my blogs-as-excel-worksheet experiments.

Strange Loops was my first friend in the blogosphere. We don't communicate much, but just like you never forget your first friend in an MMORPG, I continue to keep tabs on his blog.

Communities

Future Hi, an e-zine on psychedelic futurism, has made me a guest writer on a number of occasions. Here are links to my articles: Singularity, living off-grid, synesthesia, Timothy Leary, famous scientists, and my worries about the Singularity.

MetaFilter is where I get my current web-community fix. After Plastic.com folded, I needed a new place to converse with like-minded people online. I once asked What does it mean to "be yourself" which generated an intriguing conversation.

Slashdot keeps me updated with the latest technology news. I've been following this site for years, and at one point, I was the leading re-design candidate in their re-design contest. Here is a link to my /. profile which includes some level-5 posts.

Digg is another news filter that I passively participate in. Here's a link to my digg profile.

del.icio.us is a bookmarking service/community. I have 755+ links stored there.