Category: General

Stanford researcher Geoffrey Nunberg on blogs as a sort of global school lunchroom: The fact is that this is a genuinely new language of public discourse — and a paradoxical one. On the one hand, blogs are clearly a more democratic form of expression than anything the world of print has produced. But in some […]

CNET picks apart the hype in a collection of articles. Critics like to use words like vapid, boring, uninformed and lazy to describe why they don’t waste their time with blogs. But many others believe that blogs represent a true democratization of the First Amendment, warts and all. Instant interaction with readers, a diversity of […]

Dave Sifry sez: People trust The New York Times and Washington Post and link to them, but there are a huge number of people who are going outside the bounds of traditional media to these new media forms to get their information and, more importantly, to participate in the discussions around news and topics. This […]

Fascinating: (via BoingBoing via Alex) Blogalization is a new project that attempts to address the translation issue, by combining the efforts of multilingual bloggers into a single site. The logic behind the site: if I have languages A and B and you have languages B and C, we can share memes across barriers of mutual […]

Elise (who continues to enthrall with detailed tutorials on learning MovableType) comes forth with an article on how to use your blog to make some dough. No major surprises but re-told in her signature clarity: There are two approaches to making money with a weblog; one is to create a blog specifically for the purpose […]

Microsoftie Lenn Pryor details how MSFT is putting blogging to good use: Microsoft is not thought of instantly when it comes to transparency and openness. [Blogging is] a way to scale our ability to communicate with customers in an open and honest way.

Invisiblog is a new service that promises absolute, totally anonymous blogging. Unlike other blogging and hosting services, Invisiblog doesn’t have access to any potentially sensitive information about you – not even your email or IP address. All contact between bloggers and invisiblog.com is via the Mixmaster anonymous remailer network, which uses encryption and ‘mixnet’ techniques […]

You’d think that no one had ever heard of a blogger before. 35 bloggers were given press credentials to the Democratic National Convention in Boston and the mediasphere is abuzz! As usual the press delights in reporting on itself and extending the spirit of derision and fascination now applies to the political nuts that are […]

Huge, massive congrats to David Sifry: CNN is using his Technorati tool to track political trends and discussions in the blogosphere. Fantastic idea and great exposure for David and Co. as well as blogs in general. Yippeee! This follows quickly after Technorati hit the 3-million weblog mark.

Yeah, I know – we all hate the term ‘guru’. I cringe at the few times I’ve been referred to as a guru – people that pioneered the internet – that created new tools and entirely new modes of communication – those are the gurus. I’m merely an evangelist – or a craftsman. Anyway… The […]