Category: Blogging

Dann also shares some thoughts on blogging, journalism and how to write.

Nick Denton has something what has happened to some of the webs bloggers since they started blogging: A smart piece in Chicago Tribune, about blogs as a proving ground for journalistic talent. Elizabeth Spiers’ move to New York Magazine is cited, and I hadn’t realized that Matthew Yglesias had got a job at American Prospect…

1.) The weblog comes out of the gift economy, whereas most (not all) of today’s journalism comes out of the market economy. 2.) Journalism had become the domain of professionals, and amateurs were sometimes welcomed into it— as with the op ed page. Whereas the weblog is the domain of amateurs and professionals are the…

Slugger O’Toole has got a copy of the article in the Sunday Tribune by Matt Maggee where I was quoted: The down side of the non-mainstream nature of the blogs, though, is that they do not operate the same checks and balances to ensure accuracy and accountability. ‘The checks and balances of blogs are entirely…

An Internet worm that disabled networks across the U.S. Monday and Tuesday temporarily thrust the nation into its most severe maelstrom of productivity since 1992. He he.

Tom Mangan reports that the Tampa Tribune has ordered three staffers with unauthorized blogs to stop. He hopes it’s in service of a higher cause, such as publishing in-house blogs Ive seen this happen before, and Dan Gillmor, as ever, is right.

I’ve added in a French person, Isabelle, to my weblog. She wanted an avenue to express her thoughts on Eminem and other things – and I was happy to oblige her. She is a school teacher living in Metz. Her views are her own, and I do not necessarily agree with them – I may…

Blogging is a strange thing. Matthew Magee from the Irish paper, the Sunday Tribune, emailed me some questions on blogging for a piece he was doing on blogs. Low and behold he quoted me in last Sunday’s paper. Unfortunately the Sunday Tribune have been constructing their online presence for something like five years so I…

Annette was impressed enough with my weblog to add me to her 4-long blogroll on her brand new weblog. Cheers! Typepad looks good, seems mildly expensive. I’m sticking with MT. Go over and read the latest addition to the Irish blogosphere! Annette’s put more effort into her sidebars than I have….

I get more and more annoyed with myself – I have been neglecting to blog, and its always on my mind, and I feel bad for not doing it. I am an addict, and I’m not fulfilling my addiction. My excuse is, of course, that I am too busy. Well that’s not good enough. More…