Posted in Blogfired, Journalism on June 28, 2006 | No Comments »
The second interviewee for my piece on fired bloggers, Rob Smith of Gut Rumbles has died.
The other interviewee to pass away was Bob Stambaugh.
It’s always sad when someone dies. For two people to die from one story I wrote is distressing as well. Nothing to learn from what seems to be a coincidence, but odd [...]
Posted in America on June 26, 2006 | No Comments »
A professor of mine from the Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon, Frances Cogan, is writing a new book on the Castle Garden Immigration Station, the precursor to Ellis Island.
Castle Garden was a hallmark of what Cogan calls “pragmatic idealism.” It was based on both an aknowledgment of the reality of immigration and [...]
Posted in Egypt, Jailed bloggers, Threatened bloggers on June 23, 2006 | No Comments »
Detained Egyptian blogger Alaa has been released from Egyptian police and state security. They made sure he got beaten first, of course.
Go here for more about Alaa and his release.
I’m taking down the banner in the sidebar. But that doesn’t mean the danger’s over for him, or for the other bloggers in Iran, China and [...]
Posted in Blogging, Bob Folder, Social media, Superintelligent sea cucumbers, Web2.0, Web2.faux on June 13, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Check out Valleywag for the straight skinny on the most important corporate blogger defection in the world!
Tags: OZJ, Bob_Folder, bloggers, Scobleizer, Ozark_Jimmy
Curt Hopkins
Posted in Blogging, Blogsafer, Committee to Protect Bloggers, Granada, Gypsies, Projects, Spain on June 10, 2006 | No Comments »
I’m readying myself to go out to Washington D.C. and speak to C.I.A. and State Department intelligence types at the Meridian House about blogging and democracy. My point of view? It’s a good idea. I should slap something together so as to not be completely unprepared. I’m thinking along the lines of a bunch of [...]
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