I was traveling when the story on corporate blogging aired on public television's Nightly Business Report (Jan. 14, 2005) so I haven't seen it yet. I appeared on camera "blogging" -- i.e. typing. According to a few friends who happened to catch it live, I didn't make a complete fool of myself. I'm trying to order a copy of the segment on video cassette. In the meantime, should you care about my 5 seconds of fame, here is the transcript... 01/14/05: Beware of the Blog PAUL KANGAS: The Pew Internet and American life project says eight million Americans…

Web content expert Gerry McGovern has published a useful and authoritative e-newsletter every week (he's never missed a deadline, he told me) since 1996. It's a text-only email but almost always has a gem or two related to content management.  New Thinking archives here. I just ran across an article he published in August, 2004 on Blogs and blogging: advantages and disadvantages. He makes some excellent points about blogs and writing...

He notes that "some of the most significant revolutions of the past 20 years have had to do with writing." I.e. email, Web pages,…