UK's Guardian Unlimited is printing Salam Pax's (he's the Baghdad Blogger) visit to Washington, D.C. here. I read the first day's account - simple but shrewd observations about what's it's like to be an Iraqi visiting the U.S. [Link][comments?][Karma: 10 ( + / - )]
The Associated Press Managing Editors' National Credibility Roundtables Project conducted a survey that asked people's opinions of blogs. The respondents said that what they like about blogs is what I call blogs's open-source characteristics. Read a story about it from the Camden (Maine) Village Soup here. They said that the ability for readers and other bloggers to act as fact checkers give blogs more credibility. Blogs are newcomers to journalism, allowing bloggers to see stories that traditional media don't see because they're programmed to seek out stories that sell. Newcomers can be sources of new energy and perspective to any group. Finally, the vast number and different types of blogs help diversify the news process. All of the above are (I think) traits of open source. [Link][comments?][Karma: 11 ( + / - )]
Mark Cuban, president of HDNet, uses his blog to share business ideas he thinks should be patented but does not want to take the effort to patent himself. Story in ZDNet here. [Link][comments?][Karma: 15 ( + / - )]
Seems that the latest thing in blogging is the podcast: a radio broadcast-like audio file recorded by a blogger and posted to her blog. Here's a story about it. Update (10/22/04): My boyfriend's brother beat me to this story by ten days. Yikes! [Link][comments?][Karma: 15 ( + / - )]
Loni Hancock, assemblywoman from Berkeley, California, started a legislative blog in which townspeople can discuss legislation currently in the works. Unfortunately, I can't find the blog. It was supposed to officially be online today. Here's an article about it in the Contra Costa Times. As I found in my research for my thesis, studies have shown that online collaboration can be very productive. People can speak their minds without fear of being shouted down. Shy people can voice their opinions in the comfort of their own homes. It'll be interesting to see if more towns adopt the blog format. [Link][comments?][Karma: 7 ( + / - )]
The Washington Post online edition is hosting a viewer's choice poll for the best blogs in ten different categories. Vote here. As described in this press release, categories include "Best Rant, Best Democratic Party Coverage, Best Republican Party Coverage, Best International, Most Original, Best Campaign Dirt." |
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