Secret Service visits blogger

October 29, 2004 | Filed Under News | 2 Comments

A Live Journal Blogger has recently learnt the hard way that joking about the life of the President of the United States is no laughing matter.
According to a post at the moon & antarctica, the blogs owner anniesj received a knock on the door at 9:45pm 26 October from the Secret Service to discuss […]

Blogging and the B-Side

October 29, 2004 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment

Interesting proposition over at Corante’s Get Real blog: where do the B grade posts go?

Delta Lays Off Blogger for Content

October 29, 2004 | Filed Under News | 3 Comments

(tip via Kathy Shaidle) BBC/ Marketing Vox News> Yet another worker has been disciplined for blogging. Delta Airlines stewardess Ellen Simonetti found herself laid off after her Queen of the Sky blog showed a picture of her in uniform. The blog, a moderately fictionalized account of life in the air, never named Delta as her […]

Critics of mainstream journalists blog away

October 29, 2004 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment

A NYTimes story popping up from behind the registration elsewhere…
C|Net News.com> Practicing cheap and dirty politics, playing fast and loose with the facts and even lying: Accusations like these, and worse, have been slung nonstop this year. The accused, in this case, are not the candidates but the mainstream news media. And the accusers comprise […]

Ad agencies are entering blog universe, too

October 28, 2004 | Filed Under General | Leave a Comment

The starting statement is high condescending; however the rest of the article is worthwhile.
IHT> Web logs have had an astonishing season this year, enough to freckle the faces of bloggers who do not, as a rule, get much time outdoors. Although political blogs have received the most attention, advertising agencies and communications professionals are using […]

The Blog Age

October 28, 2004 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment

Interesting story the man many credited with the b2/ Wordpress renaisance Matt Mullenweg
Houston Press> Matt Mullenweg may be underage, but he knows how to get into a bar. Just slip in while it’s still light outside and order some food. That way, by the time the bouncer sets up at the door, he’s already safely […]

Can blogs drive better business?

October 28, 2004 | Filed Under General | Leave a Comment

An interview with a difference over at the Always On network, the spiel follows and its worth a read if your interested in blogging as a tool for improving business outcomes
AO> “In a media twist, Sun Microsystems interviews AO’s own Tony Perkins about why business executives and marketers need to be all over the blogosphere […]

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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 | 2 Comments

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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