4. On time and date of publication

For the record, I am publishing this from New Zealand where it is early evening on 31 March - sometime about 6.30pm. It appears as though it is being written from the Western Seaboard of USA, I think.

Yes - to translate the apparent time of posting to the actual time you need to add one day and subtract four hours.

2. My use of colour in blog writing ...

On the use of colour:

• green - these are terms that will appear in my glossary of terms that will be a wiki which will be linked from this site. One of the problems with my story is that there are many words I use in particular ways that are not in common use (except in specialist conversations) yet the ideas are not difficult. My glosses wiki is designed to give a simple explanation of how I use the term followed by some discussion about its use (possibly from texts and possibly conversations that are about to emerge in e-space).

• rust coloured - these are insights that have emerged for me during the writing. What I want from this exercise is to be able to document my writing in ways that open it up to ongoing conversation. As I do this I am learning. The rust colour highlights those little insights of the moment that accumulate, over time, into learning.

• blue - these are (potentially, in the future) links to e-spaces. I plan to link into various spaces I have already set up (other blogs or wiki spaces) and some I have yet to build (a website where I can make formatted documents accessible).

• Purple - these are ideas that I could expand on in later blog entries. If people ask me about them, then I will reply. Otherwise, they might or might not emerge later as I get into the habit of musing on whatever whenever.