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Blogging
This slideshow requires JavaScript. I dropped into one of the unconference sessions, looking at engaging with your readers (of obvious interest to me). The panel did a sterling job of giving a beginnerās guide to managing comments and commenters, from different scales (personal blogs to Ars Technica). I thought
Blogs
Iām down in Brighton for dConstruct [http://2010.dconstruct.org/], a conference Iāve heard plenty about over the years, but never actually managed to attend. And so far, itās proving an interesting morning. Itās certainly challenging some of the preconceived notions I see in play in
Blogs
Interesting piece in The Economist [http://www.economist.com/node/16432794?story_id=16432794]: > People are not tiring of the chance to publish and communicate on the internet easily and at almost no cost. Experimentation has brought innovations, such as comment threads, and the ability to mix thoughts, pictures
BBC
The BBCās Nick Robinson on the comments left on his blog: > āSo Iām going to be honest with you and Iāve said this before and Iāve upset some people. I donāt read the comments anything like as much as I used to because there
Blogging
One Journalist and His Blog: [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2010/aug/03/forbes-social-media] > The leading business publication [Forbes](http://www.forbes.com "Forbes") is set to go live with a āmajor upgradeā of its social media later today, Business Insider saying every reporter will
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Initially, I got rather excited by this infographicĀ thatās doing theĀ rounds: [](https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/08/nielsen-pie-chart.jpg) Another great
Blogging
This is long, but well worth sitting through to catch up with the ideas and concepts that have driven the success of blogging as a medium over the last decade. Donāt worry about the software stuff at the beginning ā it rapidly moves beyond that.
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Some links about our friends in the nationals that have been hanging around in my Chrome tabs for too long now: * The Independent has switched its blogs from Livejournal to WordPress [http://publisherblog.automattic.com/2010/06/08/the-independent-switches-to-wordpress/] . Makes sense. LJ always seemed like an odd fit. * The Guardian
Blogs
Print subs, print journalists and print editors: I have a plea for you. I know many of you donāt like technology, and assume that your readers donāt, too. But really, using the phrase āonline blogā just makes you look stupid. How many offline blogs have you come across?
Blogging
I am a perpetual floating voter. I have political opinions, but no strong party loyalty ā and Iāve voted for all the main parties and some minority ones in the elections Iāve participated in over the last couple of decades. Thereās a simple reason for this: I believe
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Because I canāt justify calling it morning or afternoon coffee reading at this time of dayā¦ Two from [The Telegraph](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ "The Daily Telegraph") worth your time:1. [Did AOL squander its investment in Bebo](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/social-media/7564413/
Blogging
Iāve been doing a lot of thinking about the evolution of blogging, its interaction with social networking, and the role of content-based community on the web in recent weeks. These three posts really chimed with some of my conclusions: - Stephanie takes on[ two evolutions of blogging she really