Blogging
The art and craft of the personal blog — and the business of blogging as part of the creator economy.
Blogger Goes Corporate Paid Members Public
Google is adding Blogger (amongst other things) to Google Apps [http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/05/more-google-applications-coming-for.html] . That’s going to be a significant sea change for corporate blogging.
The Merger of Blogs and Social Networks Paid Members Public
One of the “joys” of living in the social media world is those days that you wake up, and discover your e-mail in-box crammed with something – comments on one of your posts, Twitter follows or, as happened this morning, a metric ton of new followers on Typepad [http://www.typepad.
On Anecdote as Argument Paid Members Public
An interesting (and critical) analysis of the shortcomings of the anecdote-based argument style used by Clay Shirky [http://whimsley.typepad.com/whimsley/2010/04/wikibollocks-the-shirky-rules.html] and others: > But stories and analogies should be a starting point for thought, and not its terminus. They should be the spark that
An Electoral Retreat From Twitter Paid Members Public
I am a perpetual floating voter. I have political opinions, but no strong party loyalty – and I’ve voted for all the main parties and some minority ones in the elections I’ve participated in over the last couple of decades. There’s a simple reason for this: I believe
Is Journalism Developing Its Own Echo Chamber? Paid Members Public
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/04/ec1004-550x485.jpg] *(Gaping Void, of course. You can [buy prints here ](http://www.gapingvoidgallery.com/product_info.php?products_id=1554))***Once of the worse qualities of social media is its tendency to promote an echo chamber effect. With
Journalist or Blogger? Paid Members Public
Alison Gow's words of wisdom on the difference between journalism and blogging.
Morning Coffee Reading: Post-Easter Link Dump Paid Members Public
Some heavyweight stuff that’s been sitting in my tabs over the holiday weekend: - [A last act of insanity by delusional content companies](http://charman-anderson.com/2010/04/02/ipad-app-pricing-a-last-act-of-insanity-by-delusional-content-companies/) – Kevin Anderson, who seems to have been liberated to write by taking voluntary redundancy from [The Guardian](http://www.
UKiP, Community Care and Blog Comments Paid Members Public
Ah, the social media world is full of chit-chat after the felling of a Labour parliamentary candidate [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7571078/General-Election-2010-Labour-candidate-sacked-over-Twitter-rants.html] by his own brazen stupidity and contempt for the electorate Twitter. But, here in sunny Sutton, we’ve been having a bit of