Posts Tagged ‘ Blogging ’

So sayeth Michael Silence who wrote yesterday at the Knoxville News Sentinel that news outlets have bigger things to contend with than trolls. He’s responding to a recent article in the American Journalism Review. He thinks there is a whole lotta nothing about the information being given out which is targeting anonymous online commenters. I...
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Christian Grantham is done but not for the reasons you might think. This morning I was getting gas for the lawn mower when I saw these signs on the BP gas pumps. They warned customers that “gas pump won’t stop by itself” and “gas will pour out if you don’t stop it.” As I...
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Some people call it an “anxiety attack.” Cup of Joe calls it “worrying.” My niece calls it “nervousing” and I guess I would call it good-old fashioned fretting. Here’s what he’s talking about. Here in the modern now-a-go-go times, many achieving Americans would advise me to drop the worries, make sure I carve out...
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Liberal blogger day on the hill as explained by Betsy Philips. House Democrats briefed us on upcoming races, and whether they just have more folks they feel good about this year or have at least developed a strategy of seeming like they feel good about folks this year, folks seemed genuinely excited...
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From the always insightful Cathy at Domestic Psychology on real life, television, meth and blogging. It’s a lot more fun to watch pretend characters answer the “what’s the price for your soul” question than to see it happening in the real world. Too many bloggers with opinions and ideas grew weary of...
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I hope that my cyber-buddy Dan will forgive me for taking such a long excerpt out of this excellent post on, ironically, blogging from Xark. His post is just amazing and it took me most of yesterday to find what I wanted to spotlight from his most recent post which celebrates five years...
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Mack has done his, as he usually does. And, Hay-ull to the NO, I’m not quoting a bit of it because you have to see what he has actually done and read the entire thing. A big WHOA. Read it now.
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Buried in a story in the Commercial Appeal yesterday that was wrought with various confusing items from former Mayor Willie Herenton, we read the quote ” to hell with all the bloggers.” I had to really take some time to chew on that one from Herenton. On one hand, it’s probably good to see him...
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Mr. Mack is taking a good look at his online life. I think what he writes expresses what a great deal of what a lot of bloggers feel these days. I have dozens of posts languishing in my ‘drafts’ folder.  They will probably remain there, unfinished, and eventually deleted because the subject matter has exceeded...
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Christian Grantham is writing today about local bloggers. The former producer for WKRN, the ABC affiliate in Nashville, has been following the technology as well as content management systems regarding MSM’s roles in the blogging community for a long time. The effort by mostly print and broadcast to figure out how best to harness the...
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