As part of my role as Online Community Manager for my current employer (a political news and opinion website), I keep a regularly updated political commentary and blogging blog. This week, I had a bit of a success that illustrates the amazing power of blogging in today’s Internet information age. I received some images from…
Category: Blogs & Blogging
Conversation by Design
Found a real cool slide over at SlideShare.net on blogging and user experience. Its titled, “Creating an effective and unique blog experience.” Check it out. https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/slideshare/ssplayer.swf?id=48984&doc=conversation-by-design-15335 I was really struck by his statement on slide 25 & 26: “Stop calling yourself a blogger. Bloggers are one-dimensional. People aren’t.” So true. As technology changes right under…
Blogging, Activism, and the Christian Worldview
I’ll be giving a presentation tomorrow at Leadership Institute titled “Blogging, Activism, and the Christian Worldview.” Basicly, I’m hoping to help the students put worldview into action through purpose-driven activism and blogging. Check out my first draft of the power point (thanks to SlideShare.net) https://s3.amazonaws.com:443/slideshare/ssplayer.swf?id=69726&doc=blogging-activism-and-a-christian-worldview2376
David All: Modern world, ancient websites
Paul Blumenthal and David All had an Op-Ed on why Congress needs modern websites on The Hill newspaper this last Tuesday in the Open House Project Op-Ed series. They cover “the reasons why member Web sites are often just polished brochures, accessories to the actual functions of the office.” Technology and politics are rapidly intertwining…
Ways to read my blog
I just wanted to make sure everyone is aware of the new email subscription form I have added to header of the blog, as well as the RSS subscription feed. I’m not 100% consistent with my blogging, as I try to provide time for my wife and other offline activities. So, the best way to…
Blog Discovery: Olga How, Creative Thinker
This is a new blog I discovered today–Olga How, Creative Thinker. I haven’t started to dig in, but the first page had some interesting thoughts on usability and human interaction. Olga is an Information Architect and Usability Consultant. For 10 years Olga has worked in the Web industry including public sites, Intranets, Extranets, interactive television,…
Microsoft Live Writer
Just found out about this tool…man I’ve been working to hard! It sounds like a neat tool I’m going to have to check out. It might make it easier for me to blog here, which means of course, more frequent posting. That would be a good thing, right? Windows Live Writer Beta is a desktop…
Read my blog via email…
For those of you who just might be discovering my Technology & Communications blog, welcome. I have just added an email subscription field to the header. This will let you receive my most recent blog posts once a day. If you prefer RSS, thats available at the bottom, as well as on the top right…
Blogging Expertise: What makes a good blog post?
Here is a great resource for those bloggers just starting up. Many good writers get stuck when they decide to start blogging, mostly because they aren’t sure what they’re shooting for in a blog post. I’ll write another post about how to choose a post topic in the near future, but regardless of the specific…
Fresh, Elegant and Clean WordPress Themes
If you are looking into getting your own WordPress blog, check out Smashing Magazine’s list of fresh, clean wordpress themes. They are a great resource for graphics, icons, and design ideas. We like to observe the Web. We like to present fresh ideas, creative solutions and interesting approaches. We like to share them with our…
Blogging and Journalism
Seana Mulcahy at Online Spin has a great post on blogging and its growth. A recent study done for the PewCenter and Associated Press Managing Editors found that, “Forty-five percent of all editors surveyed say that their newsrooms use the tools and techniques of civic journalism. Sixty-six percent say they either embrace the label or…
Presidential campaigns and the Internet
In case you haven’t seen it yet, a great stop for tracking what the presidential candidates are doing online (on both sides of the political spectrum) is TechPresident. Joshua Levy has a Daily Digest of the day’s activities or news of interest. For today, for example, he writes about TechPresident blogger David All and his…