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Monthly Archives: October 2007

Blogging Ethics: WSBD? (What Should Bloggers Do?)

Timothy Lloyd, via Flickr (CC license)

There are lots of ways to make ethical decisions. This probably isn’t the best one.

I’ve pulled together an interesting panel session for Blogworld Expo. It’s called Blogging Ethics: Making Tough Decisions, and it’ll be held Thursday Nov. 8, 10:15-11:45 am at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
(Right now they still have [...]

links for 2007-10-13

A troll in scholar’s clothing | yelvington.com
“Quit blaming the Internet. There’s nothing wrong with paper. It’s your journalism that isn’t relevant. We’re not going to get meaningful content and services from journalists who spend their time sniffing around each other’s scents like a pack of dogs.”
(tags: journalism criticism business content+quality content+strategy problems newspapers print tidbits+fodder)

BBC [...]

links for 2007-10-12

Colorado Matters: Rene Marie, Experiment in Truth
Great interview with a CO-based jazz singer whose music really speaks to me. Now if only I could buy her music as DRM-free MP3 downloads from Amazon!
(tags: music distribution local)

Knowledge Jolt with Jack: Using those social filters
“I told Lijit about my network of fellow bloggers. Now, when I [...]

links for 2007-10-11

Jaiku | Google Q&A
Google has acquired jaiku, a popular Twitter competitor. Interesting to see Google’s move into the microblogging business.
(tags: microblogging business deals)

Crowdfunder.com
Joe Pezillo’s project: “Makes it easy for people to set up personal fundraising projects and collect contributions from friends and acquaintances to reach some larger goal. If the financial target is not met, [...]

links for 2007-10-10

CJR: Low-Hanging Fruit
“The problem, I believe, is that while many of the country’s major metropolitan newspapers put out a lot of good material in total, few people read these publications collectively, as media critics do.”
(tags: newspapers media+evolution tunnel+vision news+biz environment analysis tidbits+fodder)

links for 2007-10-09

Blogging - No Time ?
“The reason I blog anyway is to document my thoughts and to make it more organised so that I can find it when I need it. Its like a mental note to self.”
(tags: blogging processes writing notetaking psychology mycoverage AmyGahran)

Web Productivity and Tech Tools Workout by Barbara Iverson and Amy Gahran [...]

links for 2007-10-08

WriteToMyBlog - Free Web Word Processor for your Blog
“A free web based word processor for your Blog. Create Post Entries for your Blog from right here, completely free, no membership required, can Post to multiple Blogs simultaneously, manage your Post, etc.”
(tags: blogging tools processes)

Having fun online without freaking out

dbking, via Flickr

Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C.

On Monday I’m giving a private workshop in DC for staffers at a science publishing organization.
The main reason they want me to talk to them is, as far as I understand it, they’re feeling a bit pressured by being asked to do more and more online. Also, they’re simultaneously intrigued [...]

links for 2007-10-06

IT Conversations: Rohit Khare
Syndication-oriented Architecture: “Although Facebook users never have to think about it in these terms, they are constantly publishing events onto a syndication bus while at the same time subscribing to aggregated feeds published by their friends.”
(tags: feeds architecture syndication podcast development tools,)

…My heart’s in Accra » Somalia: Possibly more complex than Nigeria
“The [...]

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