Category Archives: blogging & bloggers

The best sports essay I read in 2012

The best sports essay I read in 2012 was written about R.A. Dickey (a Nashvillian) in October by Sam Page (a Nashvillian) for the Gawker-owned sports blog, Deadspin: “What The Best Pitcher In Baseball Taught Me About Prep School, Socrates, … Continue reading

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About the NYT selling About.com (Flashback)

When you’ve blogged as long as I have and you see that a company like the New York Times is about to sell a property like About.com at an underwater price, you can point back to what you were thinking … Continue reading

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How many curators does it take to curate a story about lightbulbs?

The concept of media curation has been around a long time. How long? Well, I can at least date it back to August of 2007, as that’s when I registered the domain CurationMedia.com, an address that re-directs to Hammock.com. But … Continue reading

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The White House situation room photo, one year later

This blog is where I record certain types of impressions. Typically a few people read what I write here — even then, it’s more likely to be read somewhere other than this blog (I syndicate the posts to places like … Continue reading

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How to make sure I drop everything and blog about your new book

As one of the 12 readers of this blog, your attention is so coveted by marketers and authors, rarely a day goes by without me receiving some type of pitch to write for you a blog post about something the … Continue reading

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