Category: Blogging
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Desktop background
As ever, Rannie has some great photos that I use as desktop backgrounds. I am using this gorgeous one at the moment.
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Blogging, as in Slogging
Dan Drezner went off to Maui for his brothers wedding, and got two people to guest blog for him. David Greenberg was one of them, and he wrote about his experience in the New York Times. I like the phrase “electronic black hole”. When Dan Drezner guest-blogged at the Washington Monthly site, one reader wished…
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WPexport 0.2
Finally a plugin for WordPress that allows seamless exporting to an MT and SQL format. I did succeed in exporting before but it was a very roundabout way. I am thinking of testing out Drupal.
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The Daily Show and Blogs
As ever Jon Stewart does a great job of dissing the US television news networks – this time in relation to their coverage of the blogosphere. You can watch the clip here in Windows Media format. Jeff Jarvis has his take on it here. The video is hilarious, and I agree with everything Stewart says.…
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Bayosphere
Dan Gillmor has started his new project over in San Fran, all looks interesting. I’ve moved my blog to Bayosphere, where I’ll report and comment on the Silicon Valley technology community — and a whole lot more including my observations about the burgeoning arena that’s variously called citizen journalism, personal publishing, grassroots media and a…
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Radio thingy
For those interested I will be on Spin 103.8 this morning to talk about…you guessed it, blogging.
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Happy Birthday to me!
Another day, another entry, and I’m 24 today! And what better way to celebrate a birthday than to do some blog research…if you are reading this please do leave a comment I am curious to know the turnover of readers almost 3 years after I started this blog.
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New York Times to start blog?
Could be interesting: An internal committee at The New York Times has recommended steps to increase readers’ confidence…recommendation #4 reads: “Consider creating a Times blog that promotes interaction with readers.” Jeff Jarvis is, as ever, on the case.
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Embargoed book claims Saudi oil infrastructure rigged for catastrophic self-destruction
As I mentioned a couple of weeks back, Arianna Huffington planned to start a new website and blog, that was launched earlier today. Their first big scoop is a leak from Ger Posner’s new book: According to a new book exclusively obtained by the Huffington Post, Saudi Arabia has crafted a plan to protect itself…
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Zoom Airlines
Anyone wanting cheap tickets to the lovely town of Halifax Nova Scotia, or even the city of Toronto should check out the prices with Zoom Airlines – they seem pretty reasonable. And its out of Belfast direct to Hali! I do highly recommend a visit.