Blogging

The art and craft of the personal blog — and the business of blogging as part of the creator economy.

The Role of the Corporate Blogger Members Public

This video from one man social media whirlwind Andrea Vascellari [http://www.andreavascellari.com/?p=3143] is well worth your time. It’s a talk in which Skype chief blogger Peter Parkes takes a thoughtful look at the role of the corporate blogger:

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

Why Good Bloggers are Good For Print Members Public

Here’s a piece of news [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/business/media/21atlantic.html] that’s all over the journalism blogosphere this afternoon, and which surprises me not at all: > Last week, though, the prominent political blogger Andrew Sullivan used his forum on TheAtlantic.com to

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
bloggers

To LiveBlog or LiveTweet? Members Public

I’ve been tweeting since late 2006, and I’m pretty happy with how Twitter fits into my overall publishing stream. It’s an important part of it, as a quick glance at my Activity Stream [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/everywhere/] will demonstrate, but it’s not the be-all-and-end-all of

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

Blogging: The New Public Sphere Members Public

John Naughton, writing in The Observer [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/sep/13/blogging-john-naughton-comment] on the 10th anniversary of Blogger [https://www.blogger.com/start]: > The long-term significance of Blogging is that it reverses a trend that had become increasingly worrying in an era dominated by mass

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
blogger

More on the WordPress Hackings Members Public

A couple of interesting posts have cropped up since I posted about the WordPress problems [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2009/09/the_wordpress_attack_competition_and_blo.html] over the weekend. Kevin Anderson has followed up, looking at the security risks [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/sep/

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
blog platforms

The WordPress Attack, Competition and Blogging Innovation Members Public

John Gruber mused [http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/09/05/wordpress-attack] : > I have to wonder when WordPress users will start switching to some other platform. There’s a reason it’s not happening. They can’t. There are no good alternatives for a less technical user who wants to

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Automattic

Peston: Blog at centre of all I do Members Public

Journalists really need to read this post by Robin [http://www.cybersoc.com/2009/09/bbcs-robert-peston-the-blog-is-at-the-core-of-everything-i-do.html] , where he highlights the speech the BBC’s Robert Peston [http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/] gave where he explains how central blogging is to his work.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
BBC

Of Link Rot and Personal Blogging Members Public

Every now and again I take a little time to tidy up the ever-growing archives of this blog. Tidy up the appearance, check for link rot, correct years-old spelling mistakes, add tags to posts published before Movable Type had a tagging system, that sort of thing… I’ve just done

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging