Friday, February 04, 2005



Tim Dunlop states that his weblog will be back soon. I hope so as I am suffering from the surfing withdrawl symptom. It is not very pleasant to come to a dead page especially when Tim has done so much for one and all bloggers Down Under. I really miss my daily reads ... The road to surfdom will be back soon
Alan D. Mutter is perhaps the only CEO in Silicon Valley who knows how to set type one letter at a time, just like his hero, Benjamin Franklin Exclusive Short History: Googlezon

The Blog, The Press, The Media: Union of Disunion
Are bloggers journalists? Do they deserve press protections? By Randy Dotinga | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

An Apple lawsuit against the operators of fan websites stirs debate on whether bloggers can claim legal protections.
In the small universe of powerful bloggers, Joshua Micah Marshall and John Hinderaker are separated by 900 miles and an even wider political divide. Mr. Marshall leans to the left from Washington D.C., while Mr. Hinderaker, a Minneapolis attorney, sits firmly in the conservative camp. But the two men do share something in common: No one is really sure what to think of them.


Are they journalists with an obligation to check facts, run corrections, and disclose conflicts of interest? Or are they ordinary opinion-slingers, like barbers or bartenders, with no special responsibilities - or rights?
Barbers, Baristas ... [Read it here and read it now: Blogs give instant feedback Bloggers get set for State of the Union; Muscling up to fight cybercrime ]
• · Excuse me if I immodestly point out that you can now buy the Grumpy Old Bookman in book form: to be precise, in trade paperback format, available from most good bookshops and to be had from Amazon for a mere £9.09 and possibly free delivery if you buy something else as well. Book blog book
• · · Sam - let's call our interviewee Sam, it's suitably anonymous - lives in a three-bedroom semi-detached house in London, drives a vintage Jaguar and runs his own company. But "it's not not all rock and roll and big money", says Sam. What isn't? Spamming websites and blogs with text to pump up the search engine rankings of sites pushing PPC (pills, porn and casinos), that's what. Interview with a link spammer ; [Google: Microsoft punches miss their target ]
• · · · They published the Prime Minister's home phone number on the front page ("John Howard doesn't listen to the people so call him at home on ... ") and were then raided by the Federal Police. Chasers call off the pursuit as readers fail to get the joke ; [As the internet boosts the use of pornography, there are fears that for some it can become a dangerous addiction The perils of porn ]
• · · · · We asked each blogger such questions as: when and why did you start blogging? How has it met your objectives? Have your objectives evolved? What have been the challenges you faced and how did you overcome them? How do you benefit from other blogs? What are your favorites and why? What advice do you have for other bloggers? Business Blogs: A Practical Guide; Blog Activity Over the Past 10 Months
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