Blogging
The art and craft of the personal blog — and the business of blogging as part of the creator economy.
The Home Office has Blog-Watchers Paid Members Public
According to Guido Fawkes, us poor taxpayers are paying people to read blogs [http://5thnovember.blogspot.com/2006/11/hello-home-office-blog-watchers.html]. Guys, click on some Adsense links while you’re doing it. Spread some love.
On Birthdays, Blogs and British Newspapers Paid Members Public
It’s my birthday today and, thanks to my lovely family, I’ve been far too busy playing with my brand new iPod and going out for lunch (unsuccessfully, but that’s a story for tomorrow) to blog. But here’s a handful of links, handily filtered with the aid
Misquoting in Print, Correcting in Blogs Paid Members Public
Via Jim [http://bloggingrbi.blogspot.com/2006/11/berners-lee-bites-back.html] and Antony [http://open.typepad.com/open/2006/11/creator_of_the_.html] I note that Tim Berners-Lee, the man that invented the World Wide Web, is complaining about being misquoted in [http://dig.csail.mit.edu/breadcrumbs/node/170]
The Economist Starts Blogging Paid Members Public
Via Fleet Sreet 2.0 [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/blog/2006/11/04/the-economist-blogs/] (which is a great name for an interesting blog), I note that The Economist [http://www.economist.com/index.html] has given us two blogs: * Free Exchange [http://www.economist.com/debate/freeexchange/] – an economics
A Brand New Travel Blog Paid Members Public
I can’t remember if I’ve made this explicit here or not but, at the moment, I’m working full time on helping my employer roll out blogs for certain of its magazines. I certainly remember mentioning the Hairdressers Journal Blog [http://www.hji.co.uk/blogs/main/]. Well,
One Man's Tour of the Web Paid Members Public
I’ve had a rather large number of tabs open in Firefox for two days now, waiting for me to get around to blogging about them. You know what? It’s not going to happen. And so, inspired by the good Mr Micklethwait [http://www.brianmicklethwait.com/index.php/weblog/
Will traditional journalism survive? Paid Members Public
Nick Carr pokes some pointed holes in the “bloggers will replace journalists” idea [http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2006/10/easy_as_pie.php]. Of course, that’s not to say that bloggers won’t replace some journalists. Are you sure your copy is good enough for people to choose
the biggest blog in history? Paid Members Public
What’s life like for British Bloggers in the early 21st Century? History Matters [http://www.historymatters.org.uk/output/Page1.asp] aims to find out tomorrow, by compiling a blog of posts by people all over the UK on one day: tomorrow. On October 17th, it’s inviting people
