Blogging
The art and craft of the personal blog — and the business of blogging as part of the creator economy.
Work in Progress 2: Joining The Conversation Paid Members Public
Why should I bother joining in? You should bother, because you respect your readers. This is more important in trade journalism than most other forms of our profession. Our readers are also the people we write about. We are the intruders in their business, not the other way around. And
Posting to a Blog, Not Posting a Blog Paid Members Public
I’m not the only one getting annoyed by the blog/post term confusion [http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/]. She’s right, you know.
Authority is a Social Construct, Not An Objective One Paid Members Public
I’d just like to draw people’s attention to a really excellent comment Olivier Amprimo [http://www.headshift.com/about/team.cfm] of Headshift [http://www.headshift.com/] left on a earlier post about the relationship between authority, research and blogging: [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2007/09/research_
Two Truths About Journalists And Blogging Paid Members Public
Two thoughts that have invaded my brain as I work on presentations for some of our journalists: 1. Journalists’ pre-existing reputation, and the inherited reputation from the magazine, are only good for one thing in blogging: getting people to the blog. From then on, the only thing that matters is
Work in Progress: Types of Blog Post Paid Members Public
Types of Blog Post (and how to create them) The Link Post Blogs originated as weblogs or logs of people’s web travels. Each post was just a link with a small bit of commentary, to give the reader an idea of why it was worth visiting the linked site.
Hacks Don't Care About Blogs Paid Members Public
Kristine goes on to share her own experiences: > Friends urged me to start blogging as early as 2001, but back then I felt there was no way I could find time: I was too busy chasing work, chasing deadlines. I regret that now, but am glad I finally got
Research before you write - even about blogs Paid Members Public
The Guardian’s published a great piece about the relationship between the mainstream media and bloggers [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2157924,00.html]. I think the heart of the piece lies here: > From the dawn of blogging it’s been tempting for established professionals to
Comments Closed: A First Paid Members Public
Today marked a first for our blogging effort here at the brown towers. [We decided to close comments on a post](http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/childrens-services/2007/09/the-dail-mail-and-its-lies-abo.html). The nine days since that post went up have been something of an eye-opener for me. For one