14 month ago
plasticbag : A nice supportive message from Stowe Boyd... - "Tom expresses the feeling that most well-known bloggers share: a learned avoidance -- if not physical disgust -- of PR folks who bombard us with PR."
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16 month ago
adamrg : Joey "Accordian Guy" Devilla racks up major karma, and a wonderful story - I think this is one of those times where choosing a one of those side paths makes for a great story.
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17 month ago
jimray : Engadget fesses up to the fake iPhone delay screw up, fanboys fall over themselves to heap praise on over eager bloggers - Once again, the bloggers get to play by different rules than the rest of the media that they have so much disdain for and yet their adoring fans can't help but join the love-in. Or is it bukkake? So hard to tell these days...
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17 month ago
jimray : Drunken Batman is back - As another of my favorite Mac bloggers might say: Namaste
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17 month ago
jimray : Beware the 'blogola' - Since most media organizations have rules around accepting gifts from those looking to curry favor, Hollywood has aimed its spin zone at bloggers. This should be fun to watch.
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17 month ago
jimray : Valleywag is trying to out Fake Steve Jobs - This is why we can't have nice things, the kids always have to break 'em.
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17 month ago
jimray : Mathowie quits his job and is chronicling his new online-only life at fortuito.us - Should prove to be handy for folks looking to embark on The Life
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18 month ago
jimray : Nikon is giving D80's to 50 or so "bloggers of influence" - I happen to know that they've not just including photobloggers. Innerestin'
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18 month ago
jimray : Dan Gillmor has a more reasoned response to Interview-gate - Seriously, though, these bloggers sure are a humorless bunch.
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18 month ago
jimray : The obsolete Jeff Jarvis - That man continues to prove how out of touch he is. Completely blows the Calacanis/Vogelstein thing *way* out of proportion in order to prove some idiotic point about how A-list bloggers make journalists irrelevant. Or something.
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18 month ago
jimray : Anyone interested in media transparency and the interplay between bloggers and reporters should give this a listen - If you can stomach Calacanis namechecking Arrington, Winer, Scoble, et al, it's actually a good chat. Be sure to read the backstory on the Calacanis/Vogelstein throwdown that lead to this.
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18 month ago
jimray : Fake Steve on Scoble - "..does Scoble actually do anything other than sit at his desk posting moronic items and then engaging in comment string dialogues with readers?"
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18 month ago
jimray : Fake Steve nails the Kathy Sierra/Scoble/code of ethics inanity - "What you need is a cluestick and you should be beating yourselves with it."
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18 month ago
jimray : Why Journalism Matters - 'What happens when you have thousands of people wielding the power of the press without any shared principles or standards? You get the Kathy Sierra mess."
Khoi Vinh : Why Journalism Matters - “I read dozens of blog posts on[the Kathy Siera incident], and I still had no clue who might or might not be guilty of what. Each new post I read tangled the web further, layering misinformation on top of disinformation.”
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19 month ago
Linkorama : Call for a Blogger's Code of Conduct - Good guidelines for blogging literacy, but I wouldn't call it a code
jimray : Tim O'Reilly calls for a blogger's code of conduct - This will go over well...
Khoi Vinh : Tim O’Reilly: Call for a Blogger's Code of Conduct - Overview in today’s New York Times.
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19 month ago
jimray : In praise of the parasitic blogger - "Another word for "parasitic," in this context, is "critical." Blogging is at its essence a critical form, a means of recycling other writings to ensure their fullest and most efficient consumption."
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21 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Why Yahoo Needs MyBlogLog, and Vice Versa - Why Yahoo Needs MyBlogLog, and Vice Versa: "Out of all the Yahoo properties which I think will benefit from the MyBlogLog acquisition, I feel that YPN has the most to gain."
jimray : Why Yahoo Needs MyBlogLog, and Vice Versa - Some psuedo interesting points, but I still think this whole thing smacks of dotcom buddy-ism. MyBlogLog is the web2.0 version of Yahoo buying Broadcast.com.
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22 month ago
jimray : Culture Clash: Journalism and the Communal Ethos of the Blogosphere
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22 month ago
jimray : Bribing Bloggers - "This is the most frustrating thing about the practice of giving bloggers free stuff: it pisses in the well, reducing the credibility of all blogs." Joel has some great points here that will continue to be brought up as bloggers continue to gain influence
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23 month ago
Andy Baio : Leaked internal memo says Nick Douglas fired from Valleywag - at least partly because of his 10 Zen Monkeys interview
jimray : Memo: Valleywag Gets Down to Business - NYT blog on what happened to Nick Douglas. I'm really only posting this to get a via from Rex...
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23 month ago
jimray : Wordblog » Blog Archive » What is the purpose of newspaper blogs? reprise
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24 month ago
Andy Baio : Video: Mick Bianchi's Youtubers - while the media focuses on copyrighted content, an entire blogging ecosystem is thriving
jimray : YOUTUBERS - The real value of YouTube isn't the copyright violations, it's the bloggers
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25 month ago
plasticbag : The Cathie Marsh Centre is doing a survey on webloggers and their attitudes to privacy - It might be worth your while contributing to this if you find it interesting, although obviously they're likely to get a pretty skewed survey with this kind of selection metrics...
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25 month ago
jimray : The Ultimate Blog Post - [this is good]
jkottke : Fun list of typical blog posts from some well-known blogs - Fun list of typical blog posts from some well-known blogs. The kottke.org one is pretty spot on.
François Nonnenmacher : The Ultimate Blog Post
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