Stuff you should know, stuff I should remember.

Thank God, somebody combatting all of the What about the children?! panic with Electronic Frontier Foundation Student Blogging Guide. Great topics: Do public school students have full First Amendment rights? (and what if you’re in a private school?) What can students say in a school-sponsored blog or public forum? (and what qualifies as a public […]

NHS Direct proposes online social care wiki: [U]sers should not be able to amend clinical advice. But users could input information about coping with illness and services available to those with long-term conditions – such as where patients who have undergone chemotherapy can obtain wigs: “We have to find ways to make patient feel more […]

I wonder if she’s getting any flack for the actual product that is sponsoring the podcast, Pizzaface-cast, etcc: Nature’s Cure, a brand specializing in acne treatments, to sponsor Emo Girl Talk, a podcast hosted by Butler. “I hope that my success paves the way for more teens to have their voices heard and that more […]

(Updated: I’m an idiot and confused the new release with 1.6 – this is 2.0) I got curious and grabbed the latest slice of the next version of WordPress. It is nice! Very impressed with the changes between 1.5 and 1.6 2.0. They’ve tamed the TinyMCE editor to include just enough WYSIWYG (though I know […]

The Fired Up! network of blogs has been declared to have the ‘press exception’ to the US federal campaign finance laws. The Commission concludes that the costs Fired Up incurs in covering or carrying news stories, commentary, or editorials on its websites are encompassed by the press exception, and therefore do not constitute “expenditures” or […]

CopyScape claims to track you content as it makes it’s plagiarized way through the internet.

From Liz via Dave: Etiquette for LinkedIn and the Professional Networking World

Google Base launched today as a massive database of just about anything you can think of (yes, kinda like Craigslist). Immediately the site has been stocked with mentions of casinos and porn. The listings do include a link to report a spammed entry. Will the brainiacs be able to stem the tide?

My buddy Nancy Tierney attended the Mega Speaking Event this past week and reports out: I felt like I was being served a lot of whipped cream and sprinkles without the hot fudge and ice cream. See, I resent it when speakers and teachers and gurus tell you what you should do but not HOW […]

From Master Steve: Ten Blogging Hacks