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Sunday, December 18, 2005



Life trumps blogging. At least it does for most sane, balanced people.
- Walt Crawford

Family trumps blogging. Health trumps blogging. Work trumps blogging (unless blogging is your life or work, ...).
As a tool, blogging isn't something "everyone" needs to do, and it isn't something that you need to keep doing even when it no longer meets your needs. Look: I'm not telling you what we should do. I'm not going to supply the answers. I think the most important thing is that we must never be told we're not allowed to ask a question. That's when we get into a very dangerous area ... Does Life Trumps Blogging?

Oh Joy! It's the name of a hip blog and is exactly how I felt when I logged onto it Oh Joy!

Why the world needs Media Dragons Does Your Company Belong in the Blogosphere?
Bloggers have damaged a number of companies, but it's time to think of the blog as your friend. Skillful blogging can boost your company's credibility and help it connect with customers.

When Bob Lutz, the vice chairman of product development at General Motors, wants to get quick feedback from consumers on the company's latest product launch, new strategy, or something as specific as the quality of the sheet-metal fits on the latest Chevrolet, he knows where to go: his corporate blog, http://fastlane.gmblogs.com


Skillful blogging [Word of mouth ; HarperCollins Will Create a Searchable Digital Library ]
• · I'm snuggled under the covers with Jon Stewart and the remote Fast Company, here's why making things simple is the new competitive advantage ; Getting the most out of knowledge workers: Here are Google's Ten Golden Rules.
• · · TV Turning to Blogs for Advertising ; My Due Diligence on the Liberal Ad Network; RealMoney's Blog Watch
• · · · "[T]he best bloggers will always make more money and have more freedom staying indy than any media outlet could every pay them Daily Kos refutes Blogspotting prediction ; Bloggers unite for aggregation site
• · · · · Internet: Blogging power: BRW 15 December 2005 by Kath Walters - Australian companies have been slow to take advantage of online diaries and their exchanges of ideas and information. (ironically not available to bloggers ;-) Finding a needle in a haystack of data ; Running Scared ain't: We've been dropped by some blogs on their blogrolls because they got mad at what we wrote Ideology Over Reason: Dropping A Blog From A Blogroll
• · · · · · Here's a defense of "lad mags" and of Those Media Dragons who read them ; God on the Internet