SOBCon08: A Conference Experienced in the Moments

May 8, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Relationships, Bloggers, Blogging, Editorial, Events | 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 […]

SOBCon08 Biz School for Bloggers: Connections and Community

May 7, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Relationships, Bloggers, Blogging, Editorial, Events, News, Passion, Professional Bloggers | 8 Comments

The worst part of the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers Conference (SOBCon) is that I now have to add over a hundred feeds to my feed reader.
When you are in a room with over a hundred of the most powerful, exiting, socially aware and responsible, and enthusiastic bloggers, your feed reader count is going to grow. […]

The Perfect Blogging Computer: First Draft

May 6, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Features | 9 Comments

In response to my news post on Dell turning 24, Dell employee and Direct2Dell blogger Richard asked me what I thought was the perfect blogging computer. Naturally, when I posed the question to Dell in the first place, it was rhetorical, since I anticipated someone would ask what I thought the perfect setup would be.
So […]

Blogging is Not About You

May 5, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Relationships, Blogging, Editorial, Events, Featured, Features, Passion, Web 2.0 | 9 Comments

One of the loudest messages shouted from the rooftops in Chicago at Successful and Outstanding Bloggers Conference (SOBCon) was: It’s not about you.
This came through on many levels. Let’s examine a few.
Your blog is not about you.
Your blog is not about you. Sure, it starts out about being about what you want. About what messages […]

Andrew Keen: “The Huffington Post is Death to Professional Journalism”

May 5, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Journalism, New Media | 3 Comments

Andrew Keen is the author of a book with this title:
THE CULT OF THE AMATEUR: How Blogs, Wikis, Social Networking, and the Digital World are Assaulting our Economy, Culture and Values
In a Word Press Freedom Day Debate he maintained that new media is killing journalism, a line that didn’t win according to Andrew himself. Journalism.co.uk, […]

Dell Turns 24, Does Bloggish List and Launches New Blog

May 5, 2008 | Filed Under Blog News, Blogging, News | 2 Comments

Dell is apparently 24 years old today, since they’re thanking us for 24 years of inspiration. Well, they’re not thanking me, my two contacts with Dell have involved reinstalling the OS and cleaning all their craplets out of the system. I would like a XPS gaming setup though…
Seriously, Dell is an interesting company. They were […]

Link-In Your Blog to the Business Community

May 2, 2008 | Filed Under Bloggers, Blogging, Features | 2 Comments

Last week I participated in a panel to talk about the use of social media for your business. Specifically, we addressed the needs and questions of entrepreneurs, solo-preneurs, and small business owners. This demographic tends to be in much closer contact with their customers than your average person inside a large organization. By closer contact, […]

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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

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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