It wasn’t quite the point I was trying to make when I posted yesterday about Guido scoffing at the idea of getting out of bed for £21,000, reportedly the average being offered for professional bloggers as based on a large… Continue Reading
It’s a rare day when I embed a youtube video into a post here but this one, from the dailyshow, discusses CNN’s citizen journalism project (which is more about gathering audience contributed images and video rather than proper “citizen journalism”)… Continue Reading
Lisa Williams has posted an invitation for a sneak peek under the hood of placeblogger, a project she’s been working on. Placeblogger will be a searchable directory and aggregator of placeblogs which she explains are: Placeblogs — sites that focus… Continue Reading
The Press Gazette picked up on my recent post where I quoted research suggesting that bloggers earn more (£21k) than journalists but significantly less than holders of Bachelors degress (£29.6k). In response, Guido Fawkes, the most high profile political blogger… Continue Reading
The Manchester Blog Awards will be take place on Monday the 16th (October ’06) at Urbis in Manchester. Shortlists for the four award categories (political, personal, arts and culture, and blog of the year) are available on Manchizzle, which has… Continue Reading
Last night I was out for a meal and drinks with some friends and started explaining how I’d recently installed some code on my blog that allows me to track visitors like I’ve never been able to before. A few… Continue Reading
According to a new salary search tool, people employed to blog can now earn more than journalists. I figured that the research was based on one or two job ads for bloggers compared to thousands of jobs for bloggers but… Continue Reading
My interview with Howard Rheingold appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Pods and Blogs last night. You can listen to it online. The programme is here and the interview, which lasts about 10 minutes, starts at 26:30. (While listening, do… Continue Reading
India’s e-tutors give UK children homework help: Call centres charge £50 a month for unlimited individual help to pupils thousands of miles away Fifth Circuit Affirms Lower Court Dismissal in Defamation Case; Lack of Personal Jurisdiction: In Ouazzani-Chahdi v. Greensboro… Continue Reading
On Friday 22 September I’ll be interviewing Howard Rheingold for BBC 5 Live’s Pods and Blogs. Howard has done so much over the past 10 – 15 years of his career that I need your help coming up with some… Continue Reading