Tuesday, February 22, 2005



Like many a corporate executive, Intel President Paul Otellini rarely deviates from the company line in public. But read Otellini's blog and you'll see what he really thinks I applaud companies that engage in this kind of dialogue. It shows courage and a real interest in hearing from the company on all levels The only Intel executive reading Cold River is Andy Grove ;-)

The Blog, The Press, The Media: If I Had a Blog
The bloggers are here, and they are ready to knock down the iron curtain and get their pound of flesh. The traditional media has no idea what is about to hit them.

In every major conference, at every major speech, sitting at tables in restaurants, there is going to be a blogger or podcaster with microphone, PDA, Videophone, laptop or paper and pencil in hand. Listening. Taking notes. That information is going to be transmitted to and from a blog entry and placed in the hands of "the readers."
Unlike celebrities who hear or see the flash of the camera, the gatekeepers don't know they are there. Blogging in plain site. Questioning everything.


Bringing Down the Media Iron Curtain: I'd write more columns like this one [ People's Republic. Pedicure time. No toothpaste ; peek at what's hot (or what's not) in the ever-widening world of web logs ]
• · Husband-and-wife team build a startup into a trailblazer The darlings of the blogosphere ; Beat the metropolitan elite with the tactics of US conservatives Bloggers will rescue the right
• · · Workers with Web logs are everywhere, and they're starting to make corporate America very nervous Have a blog, win better job? ; While he celebrated the blogger’s ability to uncover breaking news, he noted that a blog’s inherent bias might be detrimental to the reader But Pa, Everybody's Doin' It
• · · · Sydney Blog Summit ; Silicon Insider: Internet Politics ; Blogosphere politics
• · · · · A. Sullivan, Sunday Times Society is Dead. We Now Live In Our Own iWorld ; In an interesting yet not surprising reaction to the passing of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, he is being referred to as the original blogger. Clearly this is not meant to be taken literally, as the blogging phenomenon is relatively recent and Thompson didn't keep a blog or even an official website. However, with more and more bloggers paying tribute to the man as one of their main inspirations and with the question "Are bloggers journalists?" being debated almost daily, this brings an intriguing debate front and center. Blogfather: the self-described alternative news and underground culture destination disinformation
• · · · · · Blog Flog: Web loggers, journalists argue over who covers news ... Blogs vs. Mainstream: Let the Battle Begin ; Google: The blog squad can add another notch to its belt