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The Top Ten Reasons to Blog
Ever need a valid excuse, er, reason to be so addicted to writing your blog? Here are some reasons that might make you chuckle.
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Give us Asians, Hispanics, and Latinos some love!
the unseen minorities
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Christian Bale did not beat his mother and sister!!!
he DIDN'T go batman on their asses!
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Lawsuits Against Bloggers Seen Rising
When Christopher Grotke answered a late-night knock on the door, he did not expect to find the deputy sheriff on his doorstep serving notice that he was being sued. Nor was he prepared for the charge: libel.
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Someone had posted a comment on his citizen-journalism Web site, iBrattleboro.com, stating that a woman in Brattleboro, Vt., was having an extramarital affair. The accused woman then sued Grotke and his Web site co-founder for failing to edit or delete the comment.
The blogging community increasingly is subject to lawsuits and threats of legal action running the gamut from subpoenas to cease-and-desist notices.
Since blogging became popular in about 2004, there have been 159 civil and criminal court actions involving bloggers, according to the nonprofit Media Law Resource Center (MLRC) in New York. Seven cases have resulted in verdicts against bloggers, with cumulative penalties totaling $18.5 million. Many more legal actions never result in trial. When Christopher Grotke answered a late-night knock on the door, he did not expect to find the deputy sheriff on his doorstep serving ... more -
Laci Peterson's mother protests inmate blogging, digital rights called into questi...
By now, most of the US is familiar with the sordid details behind the death of Laci Peterson, her unborn child, and the conviction of her husband Scott for their murder. Laci's mom, Sharon Rocha, recently discovered that Scott has been reaching out to the rest of the world via the Internets in the form of a pair of postings to the Peterson Family blog.
Her protest raises some pretty fascinating issues surrounding Internet identity, privacy, and the digital rights of convicts serving time on death row.
Should Internet rights be considered at the time of sentencing? As I recall, Scott's access to the Internet did play a role in the events leading up to Laci's murder.
I'd love to hear others' take on this. By now, most of the US is familiar with the sordid details behind the death of Laci Peterson, her unborn child, and the conviction of ... more -
Posterous
Posterous.com is a fairly new site that lets you post content via email.
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Has Chris Cornell(Soundgarden, Audioslave) Completely Sold Out?
say it ain't so chris!
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World’s oldest blogger signs off singing happy songs
Canberra, Jul 14 : An Australian woman renowned as the world’s oldest blogger has died at the age of 108, with her last post talking about her ailing health but also how she still sings a happy song every day.
Olive Riley, of Woy Woy about 80 kms north of Sydney, began blogging in February 2007, sharing stories from her life during the two world wars, raising three children on her own, and working as a station cook in the outback. The physically frail but mentally alert Riley won an international audience with her blog, The Life of Riley (www.allaboutolive.com.au), and series of videos posted on YouTube with her talking and singing.
Riley was said to be the world’s oldest blogger as she was 12 years older than the previous titleholder, Spain’s Maria Amelia.
Riley was born in 1899 and would have turned 109 in October. “She enjoyed the notoriety — it kept her mind fresh,” her great-grandson Darren Stone of Brisbane told local newspapers.
“She had people communicating with her from as far away as Russia and America on a continual basis, not just once in a while.” Riley had posted more than 70 entries on her blog — or “her blob” as she jokingly called it — since February last year.
She set up the site with the help of a friend who entered her posts for her. In her last and 74th post on June 26 she spoke of moving into a nursing home and of her ill health, saying: “I still feel weak and can’t shake off that bad cough.” Canberra, Jul 14 : An Australian woman renowned as the world’s oldest blogger has died at the age of 108, with her last post talking a... more -
Ms. Olive Riley: The World’s Oldest Blogger Dies at 108
Ms. Olive Riley, the world's oldest blogger, died over the weekend in a nursing home on the central coast of New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 108. Born in Broken Hill in 1899, Olive Riley returned in 2004 for the filming of a documentary about her life.
Since early last year, she had written over 70 entries about her life experiences and posted them to her blog, The Life of Riley. Ms. Olive's blog was was keenly followed by readers from all over the world.
In her final post, which was dated June 26th, an increasingly frail Ms. Olive noted that she couldn’t “shake off that bad cough.” She also wrote, “I read a whole swag of email messages and comments from my internet friends today, and I was so pleased to hear from you. Thank you, one and all.”
This detailed article includes a number of very touching photographs of Ms. Olive, an audio interview with her blogging assistant about Ms. Riley's death, and two videos (one of her 108th birthday celebration, the other is from the documentary about her life). Ms. Olive Riley, the world's oldest blogger, died over the weekend in a nursing home on the central coast of New South Wales, Australi... more -
World's oldest blogger dies, aged 108
Sad news in the blogging community, Australian OAB (old age blogger) Olive Riley has passed away at the grand old age of 108.
Often described as the world's oldest blogger, Olive left her last message at the end of June, saying that she felt weak but that she she sang "a happy song," as she did "every day."
Sad news in the blogging community, Australian OAB (old age blogger) Olive Riley has passed away at the grand old age of 108. ... more -
Pros and cons of celeb blogging
Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan and Ajay Devgan are among the many celebrities who have become avid bloggers. So much so that ad men and web experts say blogs are an effective tool of advertising and stars are using it well to promote themselves.
“A blog is a successful means to advertise oneself. In fact, it is not only an effective medium to advertise yourself but to express yourself,” ad man Prahlad Kakkar told media over phone from Mumbai.
Vivek Bahl, associate vice-president (marketing) of social networking site Ibibo.com, seconds Kakkar’s view. He said, “Yes, a blog can be very successful as a means of self promotion since it provides them direct access to the people.”
Bahl sees no harm in celebrities using blogs to promote themselves. “Why not? It provides good visibility, but a celebrity should be clear about what he or she wants to do with the blog,” he said.
Actress Gul Panag, a blogger herself, also feels that it is okay to use blogs for self-promotion. “If bands and artistes can use so many means to promote themselves, why not blogs?”
Celebrities have taken to blogging because blogs are essentially websites where they can post their views and enhance them with graphics and videos. It also enables them to receive reactions and replies from audiences directly. Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan and Ajay Devgan are among the many celebrities who have become avid bloggers. So much so that ad men and ... more -
Is everyone miserable at work?
is this what we're settling for?
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The Fifty Most Influential Female Bloggers
As it is often the case with technology, blogging can seem like a boys’ club to many, but the average blogger is no longer (if they ever were) a geeky, twenty-something man from the US. Strong, interesting women are taking over the blogging world. They have the passion, they have the skills, and they are here to stay. Today, we’re listing fifty most influential female bloggers at the moment.
If you want to know who the blogging world is talking about, these are the names and faces to keep in mind. As it is often the case with technology, blogging can seem like a boys’ club to many, but the average blogger is no longer (if they ev... more -
Playboy asks which female blogger you’d like to see sans clothing
Playboy has published profiles of nine women bloggers (loosely defined) - Xeni Jardin, Violet Blue, Julie Alexandria, Veronica Belmont, Amanda Congdon, Brigitte Dale, Sarah Lacy, Sarah Austin and Natali Del Conte - and asked readers to vote on which one is “sexiest.” The winner will be asked to pose for Playboy.
Sarah Lacy, host of Yahoo’s TechTicker, is described respectfully as a “curvy brunette.” Lacy says that Playboy told her about the poll before it was published but said nothing about their plans to ask the winner to pose nude for the magazine. Lacy says if she wins she won’t accept the offer to go nude.
Natali Del Conte, the host of CNET’s Loaded (and former TechCrunch writer), currently leads voting with 24% of total votes, says she was notified of the poll and gave permission to use her picture. She says if she wins she will “absolutely not pose nude for Playboy,” however. Playboy describes Natali as having a “sunshiney demeanor and girl-next-door good looks.”
I’d like to say contests like these are few and far between, but Wired isn’t much better. In 2007 they asked readers to vote for the sexiest geek of 2007 (not linking to it because the Wired article hotlinked to pictures, one of which has been changed to a goatse). Playboy has published profiles of nine women bloggers (loosely defined) - Xeni Jardin, Violet Blue, Julie Alexandria, Veronica Belmont... more -
African Bloggers
Bloggers in Africa fight government censorship to go above and beyond the role of mainstream journalists.
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Blogging in Bangladesh
He plays badminton. He rides buses. He blogs. And he helps people on the other side of the planet.
Donald Katz, a 2007 NC State civil engineering graduate, is living and working in Bangladesh as a part of the Fulbright Scholar Program. He’s conducting research on the overcrowded transportation system in Dhaka, the country’s capital.
While there, he’s kept a blog—EngineerRower in Bangladesh—to help keep friends and family members up to date on his trip. His detailed posts provide an intimate look at the poor, flood-prone country in south Asia. He plays badminton. He rides buses. He blogs. And he helps people on the other side of the planet. ... more
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