Category: General

No template this time – wanted to get this to you ASAP: – – – – New rules from ICANN [the international standards consortium regulating domain names] that take effect on Friday making it easier to hijack domain names. Essentially, if someone tries to take your domain, and you don’t answer within 5 days, they […]

A party-girl flight attendant was fired from Delta Airlines for inappropriate content and conduct on her weblog. Before you cry foul – realize she posted pics of her in her Delta uniform in girly stances on a plane. Hello! You’re industry is in the toilet and you’re screwing around with the brand of your employer. […]

I’m not gonna quote – just go read all of it: Corporate Blogging Primer (PDF)

Leading Financial Analysts’ Report on Blogs and RSS a Must Read: (via RSS Blog) Law firms are not seeking to generate revenue from publishing content per se. But understanding how to distribute information online and how your target audience is receiving such content is critical in keeping up with innovative law firm marketing professionals. Large […]

iMedia has a three-part series on blogs, an interview with Gawker Media’s Nick Denton. Highlights: Yeah, a Web log is not a magic bullet. Having a Web log doesn’t mean the hordes are going to come to the site the next day. Pick the people who you think are going to be favorably inclined towards […]

Part of my day-job is in designing knowledge management software for large corporations. Currently our approach is a little closer to a wiki since the the online references are not project-based but knowledge based. But, Howard has a great link to a report on Distributed Knowledge Management using weblogs. Weblogs support knowledge work by providing […]

Dozens of fantastic reasons to bring blogs into the classroom. Ways to Use Weblogs in Education.

You know I hate the hard sell but the folks behind Instant Audio Generator are gearing up to release Instant Video Generator that allows you to easily add video clips to your website – and weblog. Basically you record audio and video on your computer using a mic and webcam and then their service converts […]

Online Publishers Rail Against Google: (via Paid Content) [S]earch has now become a tool that can be exploited, with specialist agencies paid big bucks by big business to improve their position in search results. “This kind of complex distortion is only made available to the big players and will make business in the long term […]

When was the last time somebody dressed up as your product for Halloween? When was the last time somebody dressed up as an ad for your product for Halloween? More pics.