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Tuesday, July 31st, 2007On today’s Mediasphere Radio with special guest Jeremy Wright we talked a little about b5media but what we really got into was what to do when the blogging doldrums hit. After about two months, sometimes three, a new blog usually hits a wall. All the great ideas are written out, and folks realize that, man this is [...]
Debbie Weil asks for comments on alliconnect, and gets thrashed for it
Thursday, July 12th, 2007 My friend and bloggy-buddy Debbie Weil has started a blogosphere kerfuffle over her request via e-mail and blog post to leave a comment on GSK’s alliblog. Folks like David Murray and Allan Jenkins have been roasting Debbie over the coals and Lee Hopkins had this to say:
As for me, I am stunned that a leading proponent of [...]
Nothing like a conference to re-ignite your passion for blogging
Thursday, April 19th, 2007As you know I've been covering the Web 2.0 Expo for Blog World Expo this week. The conference is over for me now. I'm sitting in SFO waiting for my flight on my first leg of my journey home.
As I was walking out of the last session I was feeling really good. Okay I'm exhausted and my [...]
My bloggy Valentine…and Lorraine has gone pro (blogger)!
Friday, February 16th, 2007When I got up this Valentine's Day (yes I know it's Friday now), this was the card that Lorraine had left for me. She said it was the first card that she saw and she knew it was perfect. The inside, sorry no picture, says something to the effect of “they'd be shocked if they [...]
I am a professional "booger"
Friday, January 5th, 2007I can't count how many times I've tried to explain what I do. Let's not even get into the whole "what is a blog" thing. The "people pay you to write on their websites?" Well today's Blaugh cartoon just sums it up, doesn't it?
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