Tag: blogs
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Somtimes a bumpersticker is better than a blog
Chris Shipley writes on her experience trying to use blogs to move opinions and gain awareness on a local political issue. Conclusion? For local politics, the old methods do work better, for now. And in the last week, my No On Q blog has had 178 hits, six comments, zero trackbacks. In that same time,…
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How News Gets Made
What a week! Amidst all the excitement of Web 2.0, we announced that we raised $10 million in funding. A couple of us went to Kokkari, arestaurant downtown, to celebrate when Mena realized that she forgot to post her perspective on the announcement. Ben fiddled with the Bluetooth connections on the phone and the laptop…
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Blogs on Jeopardy
As a self-titled weblog about the intersection of media, technology, and finance, the appearance of Blogs on Jeopardy cannot go ignored. I’m off to Web 2.0 tomorrow. Look me up if you’re there.
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This story has legs
This week’s Time Magazine has Dan Rather on the cover with the title, "Who Owns the Truth" which should be a page-turner for anyone in the blogging industry. Previously and editor for The New Republic, now a brand name blogger, Andrew Sullivan writes a piece in which concludes that the ecosystem of old media and…
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Monitoring Blogs
The San Jose Mercury News did a piece this week on companies turning to new tools to track consumer opinions on blogs. More and more people are beginning to realize that the right blogs, if monitored correctly, can serve as an early warning mechanism for the PR flacks everywhere. With their finger on the pulse…
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Bush’s Blog
You know your industry is getting into the mainstream consciousness when The Onion does a parody piece on it. In other news, this blog got it’s first Comment Spam this morning, in a strange sort of way, I feel that I’ve arrived.
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Bloggers and the DNC
A lot of people are reading about weblogs and bloggers for the first time in the media coverage of the recent Democratic National Convention. While the debate in the traditional media over what exactly qualifies as a jounalist comes off sounding a tad defensive, it’s instructive to read some of the coverage of the convention…
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24 Hours Non-Stop Blogging
Hooray to Mie and Dav who just finished 24 hours of non-stop blogging.
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Moblog
My sister was just over for a visit with her and took lots of photos for her moblog site.