My younger daughter Amanda just called to point this out on Gawker.com. It's either horribly embarrassing... or funny (or both). Gawker calls this regular feature Altarcations. It's a way of scoring each Sunday's Wedding Announcements in The New York Times, based on pedigree (ivy league schools, degrees, professions, professions of parents (see below: "corporate blogging" doesn't get any points).
Oh what the heck... Both Eliza and Minor work incredibly hard and I (as the MOTB, aka mother-of-the-bride) think they deserve their 17 points and the top spot today on Gawker!
Good blogging is good writing. Or, as they say more lyrically in French, "Un bon blog repose sur une belle plume." Join me for a one-hour teleconference on how to write an effective blog on Thursday May 24, 2007 at 1:00 PM Eastern. I'll discuss: how to choose your blog writer(s), why you need a blog editor, tips and tricks for effective blogging, etc. Learn more and register now ($97 fee includes audio link so you can listen to the session later as well as an enhanced PDF transcript of the event.)
Note: this is a per-person fee and not a site license.
I will cover:
- How to…
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