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Tuesday, January 03, 2006



I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.
- Dorothy Parker

Blogs and women as decor Lady bloggers: are they typically different from gentlemen bloggers? more after the jump...
Making The Grade - Yahoo & Puff the Media Dragon Media Dragon gets more citizen journalism juice

The Blog, The Press, The Media: 2006: Like it already happened
Remember the days before the blogosphere, when you actually had to wait for a year to start to find out what was going to happen? Sadly, those days are dead; replaced by a seemingly-infinite annual pile of next-year predictions.

Scoble will appear on Oprah. His book on corporate blogging will top all the best seller lists, his royalties will eclipse his Microsoft salary, but he’ll stay there, because it’s in his blood. Guy Kawasaki bleeds in six colors; in his heart Scoble wants to know where you want to go today. Scoble’s next book, for which he will receive a $2 million advance, will be a collaboration with Douglas Coupland entitled Blogserfs, about the blogging community at Microsoft. Shel Israel will collaborate on a book with Vint Cerf about the downfall of Google.


• Internext Scoble will appear on Oprah [Media Dragon Loves Scoble and Oprah ;-) ; The Cold Truth of Freedom ; If you have an envious streak, you probably shouldn't read this. Because chances are, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old student from a small town in England, is cleverer than you. And he is proving it by earning a cool million dollars in four months on the Internet Proof that Some People are Idiots ]
• · (formerly Troppo Armadillo) Welcome to Club Troppo!; Frugal Book Promoter Online Media Release Sources
• · · Online Advertising Strategies: Why Is Best To Invest In Blogs Rather Than On Large Traffic Sites ; 2006 Predictions A new weblog advertising model; Richard Edelman Resolves to Link
• · · · There are tons of blogging applications for business, namely for branding, create relationship with visitors, build conversation, receive feedbacks, manage content, expand visibilites, and more Planning your blog for success ; New Media Predictions 2006: What Will The Web Future Bring? ; Ironically Jeff Jarvis, the guy who can't stop telling everyone how to run their business, isn't going to make predictions and in fact hates them! Jason Calacanis, My Predictions for 2006
• · · · · How I Discovered An Amazing Amount Of High Quality Google Adsense Alternatives Every disadvantage has its advantage; Cut to commercial. Bloggers are people who, as children, did not receive sufficient rejection either from adults or peers and so are compelled to seek it relentlessly in later life. The Debate About Blog Links and Comments Continues
• · · · · · I envision a future where there'll be 300 million reporters, where anyone from anywhere can report for any reason. It's freedom of participation absolutely realized." —Matt Drudge in his 1998 Speech to the National Press Club The coming day of the blog ; Google Passes 2005 In Blog Style