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Research before you write - even about blogs 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

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

Boing Boing 2.0 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.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogs

Blogging is a Cruel Mistress, says Mr BigLorryBlog 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

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
biglorryblog

Blogger Down? 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.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
blogger

Forced Corporate Blogging 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

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
blog advice

You Don't Start Blogging, You Join In 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

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
blog advice

Another Thought About RSS 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?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Atom

Two Thoughts on RSS 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

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Atom