Blogs
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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
Boing Boing 2.0 Paid Members Public
The blog that least needs a link from me, Boing Boing, has relaunched [http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/welcome-to-the-new-b.html], with a new look, new ability to leave comments (with a paid community manager), a new gadget blog and new Movable Type 4 underpinnings. It all looks very cool.
Blogging is a Cruel Mistress, says Mr BigLorryBlog Paid Members Public
busybusybusybusybusy So I share a couple of links with you. One of our bloggers, the venerable Brian Weatherley of Big Lorry Blog [http://www.biglorryblog.com/] has done a guest post for the Automotive PR blog giving some, hmm, vivid descriptions of what it’s like being a committed journoblogger
Blogger Down? Paid Members Public
Is it me, or is every Blogger-hosted blog I look at down right now? Update: Looks like all Blogger blogs were down for about an hour. That’s quite a chunk of the blogosphere that went AWOL. Poor show, Google.
Forced Corporate Blogging Paid Members Public
You know, whenever things get difficult doing the Web 2.0 thing within a traditional publisher (and I’ve just seen some more journalistic backlash – always fun), I come across something like this (sighted on Adriana’s revamped and rehoused blog [http://www.mediainfluencer.net/2007/08/force-blogging/]) to make
You Don't Start Blogging, You Join In Paid Members Public
The reason clichés become clichés is that clearly articulating ideas in an easily understood manner is actually pretty hard. When people hit on a really good formulation, they tend to stick to it. This has come home to me because I’ve spent the last hour looking at a set
Another Thought About RSS Paid Members Public
Is a blog really a blog, if it isn’t publishing some flavour of feed, be it Atom or RSS? Or is it merely a web page with some blog-like characteristics?
Two Thoughts on RSS Paid Members Public
1. We really need some way to incorporate comments directly into the RSS feed (and no, doing it separately WordPress-style doesn’t cut it). 2. If you have a large number of RSS feeds in your aggregator, they really need to be tended like a garden. The dead wood and