Blogging
clock | February 8, 2007John McKay is about to become unemployed. I hear political campaigns are hiring bloggers with forceful voices who speak truth to the power. Perhaps anti-mammoth attack-groups will object if he gets hired.
clock | February 8, 2007John Edwards: Statement about Campaign Bloggers:
The tone and the sentiment of some of Amanda Marcotte's and Melissa McEwan's posts personally offended me. It's
not how I talk to people, and it's not how I expect the people who work for me to talk to people. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but that kind of intolerant language will not be permitted from anyone on my campaign, whether it's intended as satire, humor, or anything else. But I also believe in giving everyone a fair shake. I've talked to Amanda and Melissa; they have both assured me that it was never their intention to malign…
clock | February 8, 2007Foodblogging, Storyblogging, Healthblogging, Bowlging...this is turning into one busy year in North Carolina online.
But Anton can't do it alone. Please participate and make the local blogosphere matter!
clock | February 7, 2007Hwoosh! What a day! Hit-and-run blogging instead of a nice long post about amylase I was getting ready to write....
I went to Raleigh for lunch and to start planning for the next years' edition of the Science Blogging Anthology - stay tuned, there will be more news soon.
Of course, I was following the whole Edwards/Marcotte/McEwen saga every time I had a minute to get on the computer (which was not that much today)
Then, in the evening, we had our first Blogger MeetUp of the month. Apparently there was a game (UNC vs. Duke) going on, so not many people showed up, but we had a great time…
clock | February 6, 2007Yes, there is a Blogger MeetUp tomorrow (Wednesday) night. New place and time: 6:30 p.m. @ Milltown Bar & Restaurant (map). No particular topic this week (still preparing for all the topical meetings later on this season). See you all there.
clock | February 6, 2007Wow - what a little tempest! The first response to the local NBC affilate's invitation to the "Blogger Ascertainmnent" by me, Paul Jones and Brian Russell provoked David Kirk to respond in NBC's defense. To that, Paul Jones, Brian Russell and Paul Jones again responded, and the NBC guy trying to get this organized commented on each of those threads.
Despite it being on Monday at noon (unless they show they are smarter then we give them credit for and change the time, venue and availability of food and drinks), I am thinking about going anyway (I signed up as "Maybe" for now). The NBC's…
clock | February 5, 2007(November 28, 2005)
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Many people are apologetic about checking Sitemeter and Technorati, as if that was something to be revealing of vanity and to be embarassed about. But those two are essential tools in the conversation.
You have to be pretty good, big, and popular to have more than 1% of visitors actually leave a comment. Don't expect most of the responses to your posts to occur on your blog's comments threads. I feel that many newbies think this and give up blogging way too early in the game, in dissappointment when nobody…
clock | February 4, 2007A good reason not to de-blogroll blogs on hiatus - they may come back as much as TWO YEARS later. Like the I Love Colonoscopies blog just did. I know you want to click on that link and explore the archives. Go ahead!
clock | February 4, 2007About two days ago, about 120 local bloggers (their e-mail addresses probably taken from the local - and now obsolete - Triangle Bloggers MeetUp.org page) got an e-Vite to this:
You are cordially invited to attend to the NBC 17 Triangle Blogger Community Ascertainment.
What: NBC 17 holds community ascertainments once a month in our viewing area. A community ascertainment is a casual meeting with representatives from the community and NBC 17. They are also referred to as Listening Tours.
We would like to invite you to our groundbreaking Blogger Ascertainment. We recognize the…
clock | February 4, 2007Yes, I will remind you about this every day for ten days until we get a winner!
clock | February 4, 2007A number of science bloggers are doing the Just Science Week, pledging to write about science every day, and ONLY about science.
While I was planning to write more about science anyway, I cannot promise not to blog about evrything and anything else that strikes my fancy at any given time - that is just not the way I blog. I could not resist an occasional foray into non-science blogging even back when I did my own "All Clocks All Week" stint, from August 14 till August 25 (check all the cool stuff in-between those two posts I linked to).
So, I am not going to do it this week either,…
clock | February 4, 2007First, PZ, now Phil Plait (aka Bad Astronomer) - the science bloggers are starting to invade the pages (online and hardcopy) of Seed Magazine. The lines are blurring. The old media model is crawling slowly towards the ash heap of history....
clock | February 3, 2007Think again! Not just that we have already started planning for the NEXT year's Science Blogging Conference, but Anton is taking the lead in organizing another one this summer. And if all you liked at the SBC was dinner (and please do tell us if that was the case), you are definitely going to love this one: it is a Food Blogging Conference! Check the proposed program - eating, eating, eating (yes, and some tasty drinking as well) and liveblogging it all!
Update: There is more related news here.
clock | February 2, 2007Some politicians fear blogs. They must have something to hide, dontcha think?
Other politicians love blogs and run their own. Unsurprisingly, they are beloved by their constituencies.
clock | February 1, 2007A tale of two candidate's video distribution strategies:
These examples highlight an interesting problem for candidates: while YouTube offers tools to manage posting comments, you cannot control what content your page links to. In going to "where the people are," you leave yourself open to direct commentary from the people. Counter-commentary may be located directly beside your stumping. Contrast this to Brightcove's promise of control, an interface that does not link directly to intertextual documents. Additionally, even when you find commentary on Brightcove, it is coming from established…
clock | February 1, 2007So, whats' cookin' in the local blogging world? Quite a lot, actually.
First, our little group, BlogTogether is growing, growing. Instead of being just a little " target="_blank" title="">Anton's sideproject, we are thinking of turning it into a non-profit organization - so if you have experience with founding non-profits please let us know ASAP.
Also, apart from Anton, several others (including myself) are now able to post there. This will make the blog much more active and interactive this year than it was ever before. We are also looking for a nice-looking logo for it so we can slap…
clock | February 1, 2007I first saw about this on Pharyngula the other day and I think it is a majestic idea! A group of Brits are trying to build a replica of HMS "Beagle" and, on the Darwin Bicentennial in 2009, sail around the world following the exact path Charles Darwin made on his historic voyage. Have scientists, journalists and, yes, bloggers, on board who will do research, take pictures and videos, and write their ship-logs for everyone to read (if a ship-log is on a blog, is it called shlog?). Stop at every port and promote evolution!
Most definitely take your time to check out their website and blog…
clock | February 1, 2007If so, you should read this, print it out and stick it on the side of your computer monitor. Then re-read it every time you sit down to write a post discussing actual scientific research.
clock | January 31, 2007How many such pieces of news can one survive in one day!
Now that Amanda has been welcomed by concern-troll-mysoginists who followed her from her blog to the Edwards campaign blog (where, frankly, nobody lets them stir the pot) there is another great piece of news!
Melissa McEwan, aka Shakespeare's Sister was also hired by the Edwards internet team. Go say Hello to her as well. Edwards certainly has great taste and good sense how to win over the netroots!