Category: Blogging

Dan Gillmor was on an NPR radio show the other day. You can listen to the show here. It also featured Lev Grossman *Staff writer for Timemagazine, author of recent article “Meet Joe Blog” Steve Rubel *Publishes the blog “Micro Persuasion” *Vice-president of client services with Cooper-Katz, a public relations firm in New York Ana…

Business Week has a good article on the increasing use of blogging in the workplace, using Microsoft as an example. For now, though, many are running the risk. In an era of fragmented media, with companies struggling to get their message out any which way, blogs are becoming a kind of undercover megaphone. One way…

I’ve just been too tired to post lately, lots more tomorrow though.

Myself and Dick have been discussing possible venues for July 10th in Dublin. We came up with : The Pembroke, Pembroke Street, off Baggot Street. Dakota, South William Street. Market Bar, off Georges Street. Sosume, Georges Street. The Mercantile, Dame Street. Or maybe even upstairs in Oliver Goldsmiths, Trinity Arch Hotel, opposite the Mercantile. Please…

Clive Soley has been nominated in the New Statesman New Media Awards – along with party colleague and blogger, Tom Watson. Great to see Clive getting recognition for his blog, but Tom is now an old hand at it! 🙂

John has some interesting news from Newstalk 106, apparently Bono reads Irish Eagle. Now there is a scoop, if only Newstalk had an archive section!

Time have a good lengthy article on the world of weblogging. A world that so many of us have been a part of for a number of years now. It is strange to read about the rise of blogging these days – and yet so many people still don’t know what they are.

Just too tired to do any posting or reading today. More tomorrow though.

Karlin returns with a post from Cannes no less, she is down sunning herself and enjoying some new Dell wizadry. Maybe she will bump into Charlie Haughey who enjoys the Cote d’Azur this time of year. Glad to see her wireless connection will be back working again soon too.

Provisional date for Dublin Blog get-together…Saturday July 10th. If this date is not good for people please comment or email. Comment here too.