Posted in Blogging on August 31, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Here are my five new blogs for World Blog Day.
Morfablog. This blog is in Welsh. If you stare at written Welsh for long you will go mad. Welsh is one of the many “minority” languages in Europe that are still alive in spite of English.
Chocolate and Vodka. This blog is a by a London-based Welsh [...]
Posted in Blogfired on August 30, 2005 | No Comments »
Here are the articles I’ve collected on blogging and the workplace that are still active.
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August Newsday article: “When bosses and blogs collide.”
August Philadelphia Inquirer article: ” Your blog could get you recruited - or fired.” (Asinine registration required.)
July Oakland Tribune article: “Bloggers may face management wrath.”
June Network World article: “Does your company have an official [...]
Posted in Blogging on August 30, 2005 | No Comments »
This Wednesday, August 31 is World Blog Day.
According to the originator of this idea, Israeli blogger Nir Ofir:
For one long moment on August 31st, bloggers from all over the world will post recommendations of 5 new Blogs, preferably Blogs that are different from their own culture, point of view and attitude. On this day, blog [...]
Posted in Blogfired, Press on August 29, 2005 | No Comments »
Newsday has published a long article on blogfirings called, “When bosses and blogs collide,” by Richard Dalton.
blogfired
Posted in Poetry, Superintelligent sea cucumbers on August 29, 2005 | No Comments »
Hot Stock For Your Attention
I just found out about her. deposition Lubell
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Do you love me or not?
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Doberman, this is the time of your life
Hempstead, boost your self esteem
Perdition, Hey man
That take a gorilla
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We Have a HUGE Selection of the [...]
Posted in Blogging on August 25, 2005 | No Comments »
I’ve removed Juan Cole’s Informed Comment from my blogroll and my aggregator.
It’s not his politics I object to, even when they’re a bit extreme. It’s not the length of his posts — interminable — nor his writing style, which has all the concision and elegance you’d expect from an academic.
It’s this post.
I don’t know Prof. [...]
Posted in Blogfired, Press on August 21, 2005 | No Comments »
The Philadelphia Inquirer has published an article on the employment issues surrounding blogging. They quoted me, though they omitted the name or URL of this blog, CPB and Anoniblog. (Their inclusion would be too much to hope for, I suppose.)
MPR’s Skoler has a point when he accuses me of lacking sound journalistic judgment. Profanity, though? [...]
Posted in Ozark Jimmy, Social media, Superintelligent sea cucumbers, Web2.0, Web2.faux on August 21, 2005 | No Comments »
Ozark Jimmy is back. He brings Japanese-style, mesquite-flavoured toilet bacon. And wisdom.
Thanks to Li’l Timmy Ahno.
ozarkjimmy, OZJ, toilet_bacon
Posted in Flamenco, Granada, Gypsies, Spain on August 20, 2005 | No Comments »
I recently received the following letter, to my great excitement, but to my distress as well.
hi curt,
i came across your story about manolin by accident.
manolin is a friend of mine too. im an australian flamenco dancer and i live in the (sacromonte).
it was curious reading about gabriel on your site because i was with him [...]
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Journalism, Social media on August 13, 2005 | No Comments »
Update: Since I originally came up with this idea, Blogburst has done it. Their customers include Reuters, Washington Post and the Gannett newspapers. Well, I knew it was a good idea.
Update: One of the last great American dailies to retain foreign bureaus has taken a hatchet to them. The Baltimore Sun is flushing its Beijing [...]
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