Mar
30
2005
Michael Hyatt, president of Thomas Nelson Publishers, has re-drafted corporate blogging guidelines for his company to tone down the legalese. Read the new draft. Note that he made the changes with input from readers of his blog.
Mar
25
2005
A small minority of Americans - 7 percent - according to a March 2005 study by CNN, USA Today and Gallup (as reported in eMarketer) So the wave is still cresting. Most of the attention thus far is on political blogs. Blogging as a business communications tool is still in its infancy. Good to get a reality check now and again. (Note: open access to the eMarketer article until March 31, 2005.)Tx to Sandy Gibson for the pointer.
Related Resource
An article from Wharton Business School's Knowledge Center on Weblogs are here to stay, but where are they headed? Thanks to Linda Abraham for the pointer.
Mar
25
2005
I'm embarrassed about my earlier rant. It got a little garbled at the end. But I need just a wee bit more airtime on the WMB (white male blogger) thing. It's this simple: the problem is NOT a dearth of smart women bloggers... or talented minority bloggers. There are plenty of them. (See Halley's TEN NEW VOICES report card.)
The problem (if you agree there is one) is that the MSM (mainstream media) primarily points to A-list white male bloggers when they're talking about the blogosphere. Why? It's an unconscious bias. It's what MSM reporters (who tend to be white males) "see" when they scan the blogosphere.
Malcolm Gladwell devotes a whole section of Blink,…
Mar
25
2005
I think of my role as "geek translator." But sometimes (often in fact) I can't help saying "oh cool." I promise to say more about tagging soon. It applies to both keywords and photos and is a way for Web users to "tag" categories of content so it is searchable by other users. In the meantime, here is something cool... and possibly pointless. (Or am I missing something?) It's a BlogMap of this blog. Thanks to Robert Scoble for the pointer.
Mar
25
2005
Mar
22
2005
Here's a great post on Common Craft that explains the multiple differences between message boards and blogs. Scroll down to see Lee LeFever's nifty side-by-side comparison chart.
Key differences:
1) Message boards are decentralized and group run; blogs are centralized and often published by one person.
2) Responses or "comments" are required on a message board in order to create a discussion; "comments" on a blog post are optional.
3) Chronology: blogs are always in reverse chronological order; topics and discussions on message boards can be organized and presented in different ways. Thanks to Shel Holtz for the pointer.