Stuff you should know, stuff I should remember.

Are classic essays like Swift’s still being written, Yes – just no one is reading them. or has the elegant thoughtfulness that is the essay’s legacy been winnowed away by its rapacious bastard offspring, the blog? And will the Internet generation, suffused by the blogosphere, lose the ability to write essays altogether? She must not […]

Thnx to Patsi (and Denise, I presume) I’m featured as one of the go-to peeps for executive coaches that need blogs. Thnx ladies! Read the full she-bang.

Update: This product is evidently not Armand Morin’s – he is an affiliate for the product. The product was created by Brett Fogle and Marc Quarles. I’ve been getting a ton of inquiries about Armand Morin’s latest product, Blog Power. I took a look at the demo video and as far as I can tell, […]

Another easy-reach obstacle for would-be blogging superstars is that you have to write long, involved prose every day. Because of the structure of blogs, they are great for managing a finer granuraity of web content than you’ll find on traditional websites. Think of haikus – not novels. A blog entry can be as simple as: […]

I made it here and am sitting in the main conference room. If you really wanted to clean up as a theif today you could swipe thousands of dollars of computer equipment. W’e’re here at Belmont University’s student commons and am in the main area where they’ve got wireless set up. Quote: The old media […]

I can tell our attention is wavering. Lunch is approaching and I look at screens around me and folks are checking email during lulls in the discussion. This morning we hear from Bill Beach from Heritage on the use of stats and computer reporting in the New Newsroom. I do enjoy that they are not […]

Just a heads up that I’m at the CARR Training being conducted by the Heritage Foundation and the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. This is cool – everybody is logged in and bloggin’ that they’re here. The night went well – had a big-ass Papa John’s pizza with my sister and brother-in-law. Slept soundly […]

Hey BlogNashvillers, clueless like me about how to get to tomorrow’s CARR Training at Vandy? Here’s a map. (PDF)

You may have heard some to-do about the notion of tagging. Tagging is organizing content organically and without a pre-determined structure. So, instead of starting off with a big list of categories to choose for your posts, you ‘tag’ the posts as you go along with relevant keywords. You might write a post and tag […]

I’m not making it this year to the Coachville Conference. Enjoy the hot tub everybody! I’m off to Nashville!