The New Road to the White House

October 31, 2003 | Filed Under News | 1 Comment

political blogs are probably one of the most over written about sections of the blogosphere, however Lawrence Lessig at Wired has put into perspective the difference blogging is making in the worlds most powerful nation: the good ol’ US of A
The New Road to the White House | Wired.com
“When they write the account of the […]

Pseudonymous blogging under subpoena threat

October 30, 2003 | Filed Under General | 1 Comment

just for once Andrew Orlowski at the register has a story that is not just nasty, and an important lesson in possible defamation and blogging
Pseudonymous blogging under subpoena threat | the register
“But when Atrios captioned a (characteristically terse) post about Luskin with the phrase “Diary of a Stalker”, the columnist reached for his lawyer. Luskin […]

paying for content and blogs to replace online newspapers?

October 30, 2003 | Filed Under General | Leave a Comment

Another interesting article today on OJR discussing that recent occurence that every major newspaper site in Britain has bolstered their sagging income by charging for content. There are two points that could be concluded from this;1: that Blogs will become an more sort after source of news as the so-called mainstream press locks itself away […]

Microsoft fires worker over blog

October 30, 2003 | Filed Under News | 1 Comment

This fresh off the net from seattle pi, very interesting development that may see the start of blog related sackings at Microsoft and other IT firms.
Microsoft fires worker over weblog | seatllepi.com
‘Michael Hanscom began keeping an online journal, commonly known as a weblog, several years ago. He started his job as a contract worker in […]

Google News Refuses Blog

October 29, 2003 | Filed Under General | Leave a Comment

Just what is Googles issue with blogs? We’ve received this correspondence from Trudy W. Schuett>
I’ve just been refused listing at Google News due to the nature of my content delivery system. This is totally wrong — many other news outlets use blogs to deliver content, and this should not be a consideration when deciding the […]

Instructors increase Weblog use as aids

October 28, 2003 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment

Blogs are now being used as a class room tool, or so the story goes…
Instructors increase Weblog use as aids | The Exponent
“One of the goals is to teach students in professional writing and other students to communicate with the new technologies in the work world and socially,” Blakesley said. “I knew a lot of […]

TextAmerica does it again with California bush fires

October 28, 2003 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment

When ever something major happens in the United States TextAmerica will be there, or so there motto should read. TextAmerica has done it again with moblogging of the California Bush fires. For those seeking an alternative to the main stream media, there are some amazing shots to be seen at TextAmerica’s fire coverage site
http://fire.textamerica.com/

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Google Closes Hello (What’s That Anyway?)
May 9, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

I’m reading that Google is closing Hello, which apparently was (and is, as I’m writing this), a photo sharing service that came with Picasa. I guess they feel it doesn’t fill a purpose anymore.
This from Hello.com:
We originally embarked on a mission to make photo sharing easier and more fun with Hello. We plan to keep […]

Colleen Coplick Talks PR over at BloggerTalks
May 9, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 1 Comment

I recently interviewed Colleen Coplick about taking over Buzz Networker, and there I said that an interview with her focusing on PR was due on BloggerTalks. Well, it is up now, and Colleen shares her views on paid reviews, PR agencies sending out samples, getting famous in the social sphere, how to write a great […]

MyBlogLog Adds More Stuff
May 9, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

MyBlogLog have added some new stuff, since the obviously get that we’re not monogamous when it comes to online apps and social networks.
Specifically, whenever you:

post a question to Yahoo Answers
share an item on Google Reader
post a video on Seesmic

MyBlogLog will post those events and make them part of your New with Me page.
All you […]

SOBCon08: A Conference Experienced in the Moments
May 8, 2008 | By Lorelle VanFossen | 1 Comment

We do not remember days; we remember moments.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Successful and Outstanding Bloggers Conference (SOBCon) in Chicago last weekend was a collection of moments I will remember for a long time.
Throughout the weekend, people kept asking what was different about this conference from all the other conferences they go to. It was clear […]

Blogger To Add Star Rating System To BlogSpot?
May 8, 2008 | By Darnell Clayton | Leave a Comment

It looks as Blog*spot users will soon be able to insert a ratings system in their Blogger blogs which will allow readers to rate an individual post from one star to five.
Unfortunately it seems as if they launched the feature prematurely, and the Google team has currently disabled the feature–at least for now.
(Blogger Status) Some […]

Perez Hilton to Release Clothing Line
May 8, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 1 Comment

Celeb gossip blogger Perez Hilton, aka Mario Lavendeira, is set to launch his own line of clothing, to be sold exclusively in the Hot Topic chain of stores, as well as online.
“2008 is all about expanding the Perez Brand,” the blogger explained. “I talk about clothes all the time on my website. I have a […]

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