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FTC moves to regulate paid blog endorsements

On July 28, 2005, I blogged this: “I say podcasting won’t officially be mainstream until it has its first payola scandal.” I thought of that short post (these, days, such a short post would have been relegated to Twitter) when … Continue reading

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Remembering Katrina: And thoughts on why Twitter is not a blog shrunk down to “micro-” size

I can’t go through these few days each year without thinking back to 2005 and how I anticipated Katrina approaching the gulf coast leading up to August 29 and then gradually realized the severity of what was taking place. By … Continue reading

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9 things I’ve learned about magazines from blogging

As people who read this blog know, a regular topic I write about is the magazine industry. That should make sense, as Hammock Inc. publishes magazines for several associations and corporate clients. For their August issue, the business-to-business magazine Publishing … Continue reading

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First, I’d like to blame the media and bloggers

In Tennessee, a state senator resigned late yesterday in the final stage in a political scandal scenario that has become such a cliche that I developed a nine-step, fill-in-the-blanks version of it two years ago: 1. Politician _______s. 2. Rumors … Continue reading

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The Pushbutton Web

In a high-level tech-philosophic fashion, the ever-thoughtful Anil Dash writes about The Pushbutton Web, and the technology pieces, approaches and standards that must fit into place for “real time” to become actually “real time.” Quote from Anil: “Pushbutton is a … Continue reading

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