Dec 19th, 2008
by Tyler Knowlton.
Via Mashable
December 18, 2008 - 9:15 am PDT - by Jennifer Van Grove 15 Comments
When baby needs to blog, and in this day and age it seem almost a life necessity with babies twittering from the cradle, where does mommy turn for a child and parent-friendly site for micro and [...]
Dec 8th, 2008
by Tyler Knowlton.
Via ARS Technica
By Nate Anderson | Published: December 07, 2008 - 03:10PM CT
If you think it’s tough to be a blogger because your Google AdWords revenue has been in the toilet lately, the Committee to Protect Journalists wants to remind you that Internet journalist—including bloggers—can and do suffer much more around the world. According to [...]
Dec 5th, 2008
by Tyler Knowlton.
Via Mashable
December 4, 2008 - 6:49 pm PDT - by Sean P. Aune
WordPress is quickly becoming the standard software for the majority of blogs. This fact makes every major release of the software seem like a huge event, but the thing is that this time it is. WordPress 2.7 comes [...]
Nov 28th, 2008
by Tyler Knowlton.
Via Tech Crunch
by Robin Wauters on November 28, 2008
There’s a lot of buzz here in the Belgian blogosphere and mainstream media about an incident involving a New York-based blogger, who was fired from her job as a bartender after publishing a post on the bar visit of a Belgian politician. I’m generally hesitant [...]
Nov 24th, 2008
by Tyler Knowlton.
Via the New York Times
By JENNA WORTHAM
Published: November 23, 2008
It’s a long way from $700 billion, but the media start-up Six Apart is introducing its own economic bailout plan.
The TypePad Journalist Bailout Program offers recently terminated bloggers and journalists a free pro account (worth $150 annually) on the company’s popular blogging platform. In addition to [...]
Nov 20th, 2008
by Tyler Knowlton.
Via Mashable
November 19, 2008 - 1:29 pm PDT - by Andrew Warner
Andrew Warner is an Internet entrepreneur and the founder of Mixergy.com.
Tim Ferriss’ relationships with bloggers helped him reach the New York Times bestseller list with his book, The Four Hour Work Week. I recently called Tim to ask him how [...]
Nov 17th, 2008
by Tyler Knowlton.
Via Media Shift
by Lucie Morillon, November 14, 2008
In many countries, you have to commit a serious crime to be sentenced to 20 years in jail, but in Burma this can happen just for using the Internet.
There are almost 69 cyber-dissidents in jail worldwide, yet Burma’s Nay Phone Latt has become the first blogger to receive [...]
Nov 13th, 2008
by Tyler Knowlton.
Here are a few links to articles put up by Canadian public servant bloggers who are interested in public servant and departmental blogging:
General guide for public bloggers, based largely on US laws since little is written here in Canada:
EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers
http://w2.eff.org/bloggers/lg/
On what we can reproduce and who owns what is written:
Intellectual Property
http://w2.eff.org/bloggers/lg/faq-ip.php
US guide [...]
Nov 12th, 2008
by Tyler Knowlton.
Via Media Shift
by Sokari Ekine, November 10, 2008
On October 19, U.S.-based Nigerian blogger and journalist Jonathan Elendu of Elendu Reports was arrested by the Nigerian State Security Services (SSS) upon his arrival at Abuja airport. It was some days before the SSS announced that Elendu had been charged, first with money laundering and then sedition.
Yet [...]
Nov 7th, 2008
by Tyler Knowlton.
Via the New York Times
By SETH MYDANS
Published: November 5, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — In a vast office at the top of one of the world’s tallest buildings, former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad sits at a broad, glass-topped desk, scribbling his thoughts on a pad of unlined paper.
Palani Mohan for The I.H.T.
Former Prime Minister Mahathir [...]