Blogging
The art and craft of the personal blog — and the business of blogging as part of the creator economy.
Best of the Journalism Blogs Paid Members Public
Due to a possible moment of irrationality, or incipient nervous breakdown, the good folks at Journalism.co.uk [http://www.journalism.co.uk/] have decided to include my feed in the Best of the Journalism Blogs [http://www.journalism.co.uk/36/34/]. Stop sniggering at the back. It’s
Are Journalists as annoying as Bloggers? Paid Members Public
4. Internet Flame Wars Journalists really don’t do this. They don’t get involved enough in a discussion most of the time to allow a flame war to begin…5. People who think that pretending to have an intelligent conversation (using good grammar, of course) can cover up their
Blog Azeroth: Mashing Blogging and Forums Paid Members Public
First up: what was the motivation for starting the site?“Well, [Bellwether](http://4haelz.blogspot.com/) was lamenting the fact that she and I kept writing about similar things and wished there were a way for druids to get together and talk once a month… I figured that gettng together
Blogging News Round-Up: Prologue, Activity Streams & New Typepad Paid Members Public
An interesting couple of days in blogging technology: * Automattic announced the Prologue theme for WordPress.com [http://wordpress.com/blog/2008/01/28/introducing-prologue/], which seems to be an attempt to create Twitter-like functionality to their platform for workgroups * Genial Chris Alden announced some major changes coming to Typepad [http:
The Path to Journalistic Blogging: The Four Signs of the Hackopalypse Paid Members Public
Something’s been bothering me for a while. It’s been wriggling around in my head as I go through the “what is blogging” spiel for the umpteenth time to one of our journalists. It irritates me late at night, when I should be thinking about more important things like
Your Blogging Voice: A Test Paid Members Public
Here’s a thought. This way of describing one key element of blogging to journalists just popped into my head: > “Read the blog post. If you know the writer in person, can you hear them saying it? If not, they’re not blogging yet.” Good? Bad? Indifferent? One of
JournoBlogging Quote of the Day Paid Members Public
Kristine [http://kristinelowe.blogs.com/kristine_lowe/2007/12/swedish-link-lo.html]: > … I work at the intersection of social media and mainstream media (MSM) – actually, I believe this is where all journalists work these days, whether they’re conscious, or approve of it or not … Sing it, sister!
On a Feed Reading Orgy Paid Members Public
So, last year I promised you my agenda for 2008, to appear yesterday. But then I shamelessly and blatantly abandoned you, reneged on my promise and spent the day with my lovely wife instead. Life trumps blogging, as people used to say all the time a few years ago and
