Blogging
In many ways, I think Shane’s [following post](http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/shane_richmond/blog/2008/07/23/suddenly_everybodys_buying_blogs) hits the nail more accurately on the head:> This seems to be a change in direction for a blogosphere. Instead of bloggers trying to reach
Blogs
Now the big upgrade to Movable Type 4 is done, I’m pulling together a strategy to develop our blogs. At the heart of that is slowing down the expansion of them, and upping the quality (or humanely putting down) those we have. And for those of you who are
jonathan medved
There were a couple of interesting, but ill-attended talks yesterday before lunch, which I wanted to draw together. June Cohen [http://www.ted.com/index.php/profiles/view/id/13] of the TED Conference [http://www.ted.com/talks?gclid=CKeB5LjIopACFRRSZwodakfhqw] made some interesting points about media, and in particular,
Blogging
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
Blogging
Reading pieces like this [http://www.mediainfluencer.net/2007/08/the-hard-line-opinions-of-journalists-are-no-substitute-for-the-patient-fact-finding-of-bloggers/] reminds me of my long-held opinion that blogging isn’t bad for journalism, as seems to be the received wisdom in some circles. No, it’s good for it. Very good for it. Mind you, a pack of predatory
Blogging
If you were to say to me “Adam, old chap, what’s the toughest challenge you face in getting journalists to blog?”, two things would cross my mind. The first is that you have an incredibly mannered way of speaking, and good on you in this age of enforced casualness
Journalism
Damian Mulley has done some research on how Irish journalists would most like to be approached by PRs. [http://www.mulley.net/2007/05/01/when-contacting-irish-journalists-some-tips-from-journalists-themselves/] It’s pretty much applicable to journalists anywhere in the world, although I’m quite surprised not to see “in humble supplication” on the
Blogging
Loïc Le Meur has responded to the criticism made about Le Web 3 in a long, thoughtful post [http://www.loiclemeur.com/english/2006/12/the_end_of_blog.html] . [http://www.flickr.com/photos/adders/323029515/] I do want to directly address some of the issues mentioned, but I’
le web 3
An unfulfilling LeWeb discussion about online communities and the media.
Blogging
Dave Sifry of Technorati [http://www.technorati.com/] is up and giving the live version of his State of the Blogosphere speech. One interesting thing he has pointed out is that there are spikes of blog activity whenever a major world event happens. And now, he’s begging the French
fashion
Sign of the times: I discover, via Alice Bachini-Smith [http://www.aliceintexas.com/teatray/?p=496] that Topshop not only allows you to subscribe to fashion update by RSS [http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StaticPageDisplay?storeId=12556&catalogId=19551&identifier=ts1%20rss] , it also has
Journalism
John Naughton [http://molly.open.ac.uk/Personal-pages/OAQs.htm]‘s speech to the Society of Editors [http://www.societyofeditors.co.uk/] conference last week has reprinted in The Observer as Young people don’t like us. Who can blame them? [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1945553,