Random Articles

• Blogging as Image Control “Leonsis is what you might call a defensive blogger. His main goal isn’t to enter into a ‘conversation’ with the AOL ‘community,’ but just to gain more control over the results that show up when people google him.” - Nick Carr If you have blog and it isn’t the first thing that comes up in searches
• With Comments Like These… Chuck posted a comment (and his response) on a MNStories video he posted. I’ve had my share of baffling comments and well, I generally keep them from you. The most baffling ones are usually drive-bys - without a real url, real name, or real email. Add in a comment that isn’t co-hesive and well, it
• On a Blog, the Author is the Advertisement It’s not a question of making money via an online publication (aka “blog”, “podcast”) directly or indirectly. All money-making via distributing words, audio, or video is indirect. All of it. Newspapers, magazine, radio, and television all make money indirectly - selling advertising space. Blog publishers like Doc Searls, Dave Winer, Kathy Sierra, Hugh MacLeod, Chuck
• How to Build a Business from Podcasting “I spent the better part of last year trying to envision a business built on podcasting, and didn’t come up with anything that I believed in.” - Dave Winer Like Dave and so many others, I’ve done the same thing and ended up with the same conclusion. Recently on the PodcastMN mailing list the conversation of
• The Bottomless Feed and the Need for Now Context “I’ve punted on trying to catch up on 19,000+ updated posts in Bloglines. I don’t have the time, or interest, in trying to sift through them all. I picked out a few blogs from a few categories that I’m absolutely interested in and skimmed through them and then marked all as read.” - Ed Costello I