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Blogosphere’s Biggest Blogging Conference

I am headed to New York City on Friday, June 12, 2009 to participate in a very cool blogging conference in New York City at Stout New York.  The event is scheduled all day on June 13, 2009.  The have lots of panelists and cool topics. Of most interest to me is the “Why We [...]

Yesterday, my esteemed colleague talked about whether or not blogging has officially jumped the shark.  Today, we’re wondering what the term will be when it comes to Twitter and Facebook now that news is surfacing that in addition to the White House joining into the social media fray, now the U.S. Military is doing the [...]

This is my third try at writing this post as I have lost my draft three times.  Isn’t that just the way when you want to talk about a technology?  I am writing this in the dashboard of Wordpress.  There are many choices when wanting to use a blogging platform, like Blogger, Moveable Type, Squarespace [...]

Wow people can really get their shorts in a twist really quickly in the Blogosphere or in this case the Twittersphere.
Tonight Twitter and the tech blogs were buzzing with talk about Ashton Kutcher’s little challenge to CNN to see who could be the first to get to one million followers on Twitter. Larry King Responded.  [...]

I never watch this program but for some reason I did this Sunday. I took it as a sign when Tim Bourquin sent me a link to the first video online that it required a post.
This first piece is pretty good considering the audience and despite the little dig equating bloggers with yellow journalism.

Watch CBS [...]

The fact that Twitter has officially “made it” is no longer a secret to, well, anyone.  In this day and age of blogging, micro-blogging, status updates and yes, Tweeting, everyone has a Twitter and the sheer number of new accounts every single day is staggering.  Want to know what Shaq is up to?  Follow him [...]

At least according to The Times of London Blogger Bryan Appleyard. Bryan not only gives us a great list (this is just part one) including some gems I had never heard of but gives a great explanation about what makes blogging so fun and addictive even for professional journalists:
The total number of blogs is thought [...]

We’ve pulled together an extraordinary lineup of speakers and panelists for Blogworld Expo this year and are really excited as the event draws closer. To help you learn about our great participants, this is the first of a series of fun interviews with speakers we’ll be doing. This first is with Jason Falls of Doe-Anderson, [...]

The Trend continues. Kara Swisher has the scoop.
In what will be seen as a new media coup, sources tell BoomTown that Britain’s Guardian Media Group is set to announce this morning that it will buy the company that runs the high-profile digital media news site paidContent for a price “north of $30 million.”

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