Perhaps we have more money then sense. Well we wish we did. However The Blog Herald has been inspired by Radio Free Blogistan to launch the first ever (and maybe even the last ever) Blog Herald Challenge. The first Blogger or web surfer to submit a reasonably sung version of “The Day the Blogging Died” by Christian Crumlish with appropriate background instrumentals (perhaps karaoke to Don McLean’s original), and who release it to the Blog Herald for promotion will receive a $20 USD direct donation. $20 USD may not sound much but it is just over $30 Australian Dollars ($40 AUD not that long ago), which is more than we pay for our hosting for the quarter. A quick $20. For the words and conditions read as follows:
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For those visiting the competition from a direct link to this posting check out www.blogherald.com for the latest Competition news, including our new entries.
LATEST: Competition won by Pete Hopkins. Thank you to everyone for their interest and support.
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Anil Dash a bloke
Being an avid reader of all things Movable Type/ TypePad and Six Apart, I have also been a regular reader of the blog of Anil Dash, long term blogger and recent Six Apart employee. Perhaps its the Pinky/ purpley colour on Anils website that led me astray. For a long time I always thought that Anil Dash was a shiela, and then I saw the pictures on Mena Trotts TypePad Blog.
Blogging Holiday a load of Cr*p
Diversity of thought is a wonderful thing, and that is what makes the Blogosphere so wonderful, but every now and then something appears that deservers condemnation; in this case the ridiculous proposal for a 2 week Blogging holiday!
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Blog Ethics return
Kaye Rulz takes a new look at Blog Ethics from the perspective of research:
“n the case of blog researchers, Kris Cohen talked about the moment when the blog & research collide. Many times after he conducts with an interview with a blogger he has been following, he — the sociologist & interview experience — will be blogged.”
TypePad to Launch Tuesday
TypePad, the paid blogging system from Six Apart (makers of our favourite blogging tool Movable Type),will launch in preview release Tuesday (Monday 11:59pm US Eastern Time- 11:59am Tuesday Western (Australian) Standard Time) with some excellent features and competitive pricing structure which will provide some much needed competition to the Google controlled giant Blogger.
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Daschle says the blog is on
The Plainsman> “This year, I learned what a blog is,” the South Dakota Democrat said Thursday in a conference call.
When he starts his traditional unscheduled driving tour of his home state next week in Rapid City, Daschle will have his laptop computer along so he can write a daily account of his experiences on the road.
Google IPO unlikely until 2004
Blogging Workshops
37signals and Coudal Partners Announce Business Blogging Workshops
37signals, a web design and usability firm, and Coudal Partners, a creative agency, are teaming up to offer BloggingWorks, a workshop on the rapidly growing Web trend of business blogging. The workshop teaches businesses how to use blogs to make company sites more compelling and intranets more effective. It takes place twice, once on Friday, Sept. 19th and again on Friday, Oct. 3rd, at Coudal Partners studios just west of Chicago’s Loop.
Anglosphere: Converging universes
An excellent piece at UPI on the influence the Blogosphere is having on politics in the Anglosphere, with a notable quote:
“reporters are more and more relying on the blogosphere for research and background, and more and more aware that the blogosphere has the power to expose quickly errors that previously could be buried”
Die Spammer Die!
To the spammer that bought down our server for nearly two days, The Blog Herald says die!
Our apologies for The Blog Heralds disappearance over the weekend, our service provider had a major outage caused by a spammer which has now been rectified, however having said this the complete and utter lack of communication from HostDepartment is also cause for alarm and we will now consider hosting elsewhere. If anybody has any suggestion for low priced, high quality serving, please let us know.
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