Sunday, October 30, 2005



There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life (or death).
- Federico Fellini
It’s a battle between big media and the blogosphere, citizen journalists and professionals. Who will win? Or should journalists be looking at what they can learn? David Higgins surveys the frontline Power To The People?

The Blog, The Press, The Media: The Media Dragon Loves us
Mark Twain:

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover


• Thanks Shel and Robert: Every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, Make Me Feel Important [Media criticism in Australia very rarely touches on the politics media nexus to show how it works Media criticism ; More blog panic ]
• · Jim Minatel's Wrox Book Editor Blog ; Finally, Australia embarks on the road to digital radio ; The Walkley magazine (home of the Walkley awards for journalism – the nominees are in this issue), has a feature about blogging, including a bit from me. The money quote from the main article is Walkley on blogs
• · · Forbes Cover Story Blows It, Calling Bloggers Lynch Mobs ; The Case for Blogging
• · · · Attack of the Blogs How to punish bloggers, a tutorial for businesses from Forbes ; Forbes Story Bashes Bloggers As Lynch Mobs
• · · · · Speaker of the House Starts Blogging ; PR Newswire for Journalists: RSS Feeds
• · · · · · Trevor Cook : Forbes: be afraid of blogging, be very afraid