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November 21, 2007
Jessamyn West, who has been putting the rarin back in Librarian since 1999, posts about the fact that someone she respects has started doing pay-per-post postings. And then she goes all meta on the topic. Quite amusing. As she concludes: “Ten dollars well spent, I think. Don’t you?” [Tags: jessamyn_west, mat_honan pay_per_post, blogging, blogosphere libraries -berkman]
November 19, 2007
This site is now officially under construction as I switch it from Movable Type to WordPress. So, pardon the glitches, and, no, I haven’t finished moving my blogroll over yet.
Why am I switching? It comes down to no good reason. I like MT as software and admire it as a company. But, I have it configured for maximum host churn. So, I could work on configuring it better or I could try something new. I’ve been using WP for my Everything Is Miscellaneous blog, and have been enjoying it. I’m also fairly comfortable with it now. So, I opted to try something new.
My only regret comes from mt sense of loyalty to MT. The company is a good contributor to the community and I recommend MT wholeheartedly. In fact, if bradsucks weren’t doing the WP install for me, I’d absolutely fail at it; WP is easy to get up in its default state, but much harder to configure and personalize than MT, at least in my experience.
So, now for the tweaks, the fixes, the general annoyance, and the post-installation regrets…
October 21, 2007
Two members of the Bush cabinet have blogs: Mike Leavitt of Health and Human Services and Michael Chertoff of Homeland Security.
And that concludes this month’s Say Something Nice about the Bush Administration feature. [Tags: blogs mike_leavitt michael_chertoff ]
October 12, 2007
Jeremy Wagstaff on Jiglu for auto-tagging your blog and its archive…
October 10, 2007
I like Jaiku both because as the second entrant, it learned from Twitter, the first entrant, and because Jyri Engeström is one of those brilliant, sweet people who make the world better in several dimensions at once. (Disclosure: Jyri is a conference buddy.)
It’ll be interesting to see where Google surfaces the UI for entering Jaiku microblog posts and where it surfaces the posts themselves.
And most important, of course, is whether Jaiku will be renamed Jaigoo or Jookle.
October 2, 2007
Soctt Kirsner has started a as the online side of his Boston Globe “Innovation Economy” column. He says:
My goal with both the column and the blog is to cover the most interesting people and companies involved in the tech, VC, and life sciences scene here in New England…ideally before they’re written about elsewhere.
So, New England innovators, start your PR engines! :) [Tags: scott_kirsner innovation ]
September 14, 2007
The Daniel Kovach Scholarship Foundation awards a $10,000 scholarship to some lucky and worthy US college blogger. Get the details here. (Thanks to danah for the link.) [Tags: blogging scholarships]
September 12, 2007
According to a survey of Korean bloggers done by Edelman Korea (Disclosure: I consult to Edelman, which is how I heard about this study), the leading reason (42%) Korean bloggers blog is “To create a record of my thoughts.” Only 1.2% blog “To raise visibility as an authority in my field.” This compares with 34% of American bloggers blogging to raise their visibility as authorities and 32% blogging to create a record of their thoughts. [Tags: korea blogging blogosphere edelman]
August 30, 2007
Just because I think it’s sort of interesting, here’s the form Dartmouth wants you to fill out if you want to get press credentials to cover the Democratic presidential debate they’re hosting in September.
| MEDIA CREDENTIAL FORM
The following information must be submitted for each individual for whom you are requesting credentials. Media organizations with multiple reporters must fill out one form for each reporter or staff person. All media attending the Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at Dartmouth must also present national or state accredited press credentials and a letter on official news organization letterhead and a photo ID to receive their media credentials. Name: WORK SPACE REQUESTS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AT DARTMOUTH A “work space” is a writing table position with chair and an electric outlet. “Stand-up locations” are for television only; each position will include Any additional needs or modifications requested by media will be handled individually as requests are received. Please note: media will be charged for work required to meet special requests. Please contact Genevieve Haas at [email protected] for special requests. __________Work space(s) for print, radio, photo editing (includes FREE wireless access) __________Work space with telephone line (an additional cost, see “Debate Phone Orders” below) ___________ 4′ x 8′ Spin Room standup locations ____________4′ x 8′ Spin Room standup location with telephone line (an additional cost, see “Debate Phone Orders” below) ____________Outdoor Dartmouth Green live shot locations ____________Outdoor Dartmouth Green live shot location with telephone line (an additional cost, see “Debate Phone Orders” below) ___________ Parking spaces for satellite trucks |
Ok, so I added that last one…
August 18, 2007
I enjoyed AJ Fortin’s post that trains a Mortimer Adlerian eye on blogs and those who make extravagant claims about them. (I seem to be his main example of the latter.)
And John Eischeid, who worked with NewAssignment, is starting a crowdsourced project addressing broad questions of the effect of crowds and crowdsourcing. It’s called “The Cult of the Rebuttal,” a reference to Andrew Keen’s book (which I’ve tried to explain and evaluate here), but it’s really focused on the topic, not the book. [Thanks to Andy Angelos for the link.] [Tags: everything_is_miscellaneous andrew_keen]
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