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Obama resisters claim campaign to silence blogs: On the battlefield that is Blogger, a fight is raging, apparently, between pro- and anti-Obama bloggers. Some pro-Clinton, anti-Obama bloggers are reporting that, all of a sudden, their blogs are being flagged as spam – and Google bots have dutifully blocked the bloggers from updating their sites. Simon Owens reported...; Tags: Google Inc., Blog, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-01
What is a company blogger good for?: I often hear from companies that want to "be social" or "hire a blogger." Usually, there hasn't been any effort put into the question of what they'd like to accomplish from the effort, so I send out the following. Now, you can call me to talk when you have an...; Tags: Marketing, Industry, Blog, Site, Blogger, Industry New, Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management, Mitch Ratcliffe; Blog posts 2008-06-30
AP backs down on blogging policy: Looks like the AP has completely backed off on its idea of holding bloggers to account for quoting their news articles. AP now appears content to have "provided information" to Drudge Retort. Full statement, via PaidContent: "In response to questions about the use of Associated Press content on the...; Tags: Associated Press, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-06-20
The Associated Press plays role of Metallica in Napster-esque war with bloggers: The Associated Press plays role of Metallica in Napster-esque war with bloggersHey, Jennifergood and HOT blog. Exactly what we needed :)Good Job, Jen...As a published author and a blooger of sorts myself, I am damned happy to be a part of the Internet and what it has done both professionally...; Tags: E-books, Postal Service, Metallica, e-book; Discussion threads 2008-06-18
The Associated Press plays role of Metallica in Napster-esque war with bloggers: The Associated Press first heard blogger outcry when it served take-down notices to the Drudge Retort. Now the press service is talking about attaching licensing fees to all of its content. by Jennifer Leggio; Tags: Associated Press, Metallica, Blogger, A.P., Blogging, Internet, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-06-18

Oracle OpenWorld invitation to bloggers: fail: Oracle OpenWorld invitation to bloggers: failBloggers unite!Have you guys thought about creating or joining a Special Interest Group SIG? You could benefit from the resources Quest or OAUG offer with your own webpage and confidential and or public forums. You could unite your powerbase, poll users and get...; Tags: Blogging, Special Interest Group; Discussion threads 2008-06-13
Oracle OpenWorld invitation to bloggers: fail: Following on from last year, Oracle has a blogger track for its OpenWorld event. Jake Kuramoto has the details: Most of the operational details are the same as last year: Oracle provides the conference pass to qualified bloggers. Oracle does not cover travel or other...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Media, Blogger, Jake Kuramoto, Blogging, Internet, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-06-13
Apple goes demo happy to the dismay of bloggers, traders: Apple goes demo happy to the dismay of bloggers, tradersMaybe because it was a DEVELOPER event?WWDC is an event for developers who want to write working apps, not for bloggers with the attention span of a mayfly. I am sure the developers found inspiration in the demo examples.Spare us the...; Tags: Blogging, Investment, blogger, Apple Inc., trader, WWDC; Discussion threads 2008-06-09
Apple goes demo happy to the dismay of bloggers, traders: This just in: Apple has gone overboard with the product demonstrations. Apple CEO Steve Jobs kicked off his WWDC keynote with a video and a parade of developers showing off games and devices that will appear on the iPhone App Store "in a few weeks." ...; Tags: Trader, Apple Inc., Blogger, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-09
Off topic: The facade of objectivity: This Wired-TechCrunch war is interesting for the media wonks out there, but larger question is this: Does objectivity exists? Does it even matter? Here's the short version. The Washington Post inks a syndication deal with TechCrunch. Wired notes that it's odd that the Post picks up a...; Tags: Disclosure, TechCrunch, Wired Inc., Objectivity, Blogger, Post, Personality, Blogging, Business Ethics, Construction, Internet, Leadership, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Google accidentally enables ratings on some Blogger accounts: Some blogger users may have noticed their blog suddenly started showing star ratings -- a feature that appears to be in the works, and according to Blogger, was given by accident to some unsuspecting bloggers. The feature hasn't been released yet, and they have "fixed" the problem. ...; Tags: Google Inc., Blog, Feature, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-05-14
WSJ cleverly coins 'Motorborg', creates jealous blogger: The Wall Street Journal reported recently on Inrix, Inc., a Kirkland, Washington-based Microsoft spinoff that tracks speeds on 100,000 miles of US highway using data from GPS-enabled fleet vehicles, toll booths, road sensors...and citizens' mobile devices. The data is sold to a variety of companies (including MapQuest, Dash, and...; Tags: Wall Street Journal, Sensor, Blogger, Dash, GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Ed Gottsman; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Calling guest bloggers - What is your Internet safety curriculum?: I've had a few readers submit guest blogs. The extra perspective is great and I'm always willing to review more. Today, though, given my last article on Internet Safety classes in Virginia, I'd really like to get some writeups of curricula posted for other readers to peruse (and...; Tags: Curriculum, Health Care, Blogger, Internet, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-04-09
99.999 per cent of bloggers have a day job...: 99.999 per cent of bloggers have a day job...Most people read ZDNet for the talkback...and not the outstanding journalism. Journalism used to be more about facts. But bloggers have turned it into opinions. And you know what they say about opinion. They are like a......., everyone has one. Plus...; Tags: Blogging, blogger, journalism; Discussion threads 2008-04-07
99.999 per cent of bloggers have a day job...: Matt Richtel's New York Times article about the heavy stress of making a living as a blogger is not about the blogger life at all. It is about the life of a freelance journalist, which often sits at the bottom a very shallow barrel in terms of journalist compensation. ...; Tags: Job, Media, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-04-07
Blogger posts Silverlight 2 timetable: Blogger posts Silverlight 2 timetableIsolated StorageRyan, isolated storage has been in silverlight since the beginning. We even wrote about it a couple times over at our blog, http://blog.paranoidferret.com/index.php/2007/10/12/silverlight-tutorial-using-isolated-storage/.RE: Blogger posts Silverlight 2 timetableRyan, isolated storage has been in silverlight since the beginning. We even wrote about it a couple times...; Tags: Blogging, Silverlight 2 timetable, Silverlight 2, Microsoft Silverlight, Blogger, timetable; Discussion threads 2008-04-07
In Web world of 24/7 stress, writers blog till they drop: In Web world of 24/7 stress, writers blog till they dropInformation overloadDo you get brownie points for this blog?Bloggers need to contantly be up-to-date with the news and information of the world in almost every aspect and post it before anyone else does. Slashdot, one of the oldest news...; Tags: Blogging, Web, writers blog, blogger, Web World, blog; Discussion threads 2008-04-07
Blogger posts Silverlight 2 timetable: On Friday Mary Jo Foley posted about a Microsoft blogger who had given a semi-detailed roadmap for the release of Silverlight 2. According to Ashish, the timetable is as follows: We are targeting late Summer Here is a rough timeline: Silverlight...; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Blogger, Blogging, Advertising & Promotion, Storage, Internet, Marketing, Hardware, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-04-07
Anatomy of a 'Blogging will kill you' story: Why I didn't make the cut: Anatomy of a 'Blogging will kill you' story: Why I didn't make the cutThat about.......sums it up for me as well Larry. I constantly wonder whether I'm playing a game of Russian Roulette with my life. At least that's the way my wife looks at the insanity of blogging. She's...; Tags: blogging, anatomy, blogger; Discussion threads 2008-04-06
Microsoft blogger publishes Silverlight 2.0 timetable: Microsoft officials have been mostly careful about talking about their Silverlight 2.0 release schedule. (I say "mostly" because one Microsoft official told me at the Mix '08 conference last month that the Redmondians were planning to deliver the final Silverlight 2.0 release this coming fall.) ...; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-04-04