Here's the really scary news of the day... The US Government has been dipping its toes into the blogosphere. As part of its effort to blog them over here so we don't have to blog them over there, comes Dipnote, a blog from the US State Department. That's right, it's called “Dipnote” which is apparently short for “diplomatic note” in DoS jargon (or “dipspeak”).
And that's not the only thing that's dippy about it. In common with a couple of other million blogs out there, it trots out that same old, same old... “Let the conversation begin.” So far, the conversation appears to consist mainly of a) complaints about the blog's white-text-on-black background; b) well justified skepticism that any branch of the federal government is truly interested in an open exchange of ideas; and c) suggestions for better names. Also a fair number of comments from China, Australia, and points east, suggesting that perhaps foreign folk are more interested in the workings of our State Department than we are.
Best comment so far comes via Judith from Australia: “Ah, the comic section of the Internet.” She says. Don't worry, Judith, it'll get funnier!
George Parker
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