What is the world coming too? Another bullet dodged by Tim Blair’s administrator, Andrea Harris, who has banned Antipodean Daily Flute from spreading a dissenting voice The Act of Being Blaired: Blairingly Obvious [It was Blair citing Bush as a fountain of wisdom that tickled me, I hadn’t heard anything else] Banned Blair ; Minds Lost; I’d think very long and hard before calling Tim Blair a moron Robert Corr; Mat Henderson-Hau has been banned from Blair's site after his internet protocol (or identification) number was tracked and blocked
The Blog, The Press, The Media: How Congress Uses Blogs
Once again I am grateful to Catherine the Great for drawing to my attention the latest alert from the Congress Online. Colourful comments on the special come from DelaBlogger, Blue States of Mind and So this is mass communication?
As an emerging technology, it's interesting to observe the first stages of blogging on the Hill and contemplate its potential. This special edition highlights the new and innovative ways (by Hill standards, at least) that Members are using blogs and how a few politicians off the Hill are using them, as well.
Few Members of Congress have taken the plunge and created blogs to communicate with constituents. Their hesitance is understandable given the unfiltered nature of blogs and the high workload demands already placed on Members and their staff. As an emerging technology, however, it's interesting to observe the first stages of blogging on the Hill and contemplate its potential.
• Congress Online Special Edition: The Blow-by-Blow Blog [Though blogs are more likely found on campaign sites Rep. John Conyers or on candidate sites Brian Kennedy there is a small but growing number in use on the Hill; Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) ; Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) ]
• · All the political news, buzz, gossip and polls in one place! More from the Floor ; Congressman Kirk's Blog ; Oregon State House of Representatives Team Blog
• · · Some founders want Congress to keep hands off Bloggers launch lobby campaign ; JD Lasica What will happen when we become the media?
• · · · Many people still do not appreciate how fast science and technology (S&T) will change over the next 25 years Technology could grow beyond human control, warns Millennium report; via Scitech Medical journals are an immoral marketing tool, says the former editor of the British Medical Journal A question of ethics ; Breathing furniture, a digital paint roller, and a concrete tent -- what will be the hip new product of tomorrow? Students exhibit tomorrow's designs
• · · · · In theory I can already afford to store a digital Library of Congress in my home plus every movie and music track ever produced - but not the entire internet. Peter Cochrane's Blog: Thanks for the memory ; Top 10 Digital County Governments Showcased ; Call for Hearings on UK WMD Memos
• · · · · · 2003 - By now, almost every representative and every senator in Congress has a Web site Congress Online: Much Sizzle, Little Steak ; British Library Plans for Future in Which Most Publications Are Born Digital