France’s mysterious embrace of blogs, by Thomas Crampton International Herald Tribune: “Already famed for angry labor strikes and philosophical debates in smoke-filled cafés, the French have now brought these passions online to become some of the world’s most intensive bloggers.” Continue Reading
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New Blog Focuses on Tech Policy, Civil Liberties
“CDT launched PolicyBeta, a new blog dedicated to expanding the dialogue about technology policy, civil liberties and preserving democratic values in the digital age. PolicyBeta will feature regular posts on issues ranging from domestic surveillance to spyware, and will provide CDT experts an opportunity to discuss in detail the latest trends and developments affecting the… Continue Reading
Collaborative Reference Work in the Blogosphere
Collaborative Reference Work in the Blogosphere, by Jeffrey Pomerantz (16 pages, PDF): “This paper explores the use of blogs as a platform for providing reference service, and discusses Lycemum, and open source software project from ibiblio.org, for this purpose.” Continue Reading
Posting By CIA Contractor on Enterprise Blog Results in Termination
Washington Post: Top-Secret World Loses Blogger – CIA Contractor Is Fired When Internal Post Crosses the Line Continue Reading
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity Blog
“Rudd Sound Bites, the weblog of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, aims to encourage global discussion of front burner news and the most critical issues regarding food policy and obesity. Rudd Sound Bites has eleven regular contributors who are faculty members and affiliates of the Rudd Center…The Rudd Center’s mission is to… Continue Reading
Pew Internet Project Releases New Report on Bloggers
Press release: “A national phone survey of bloggers finds that most are focused on describing their personal experiences to a relatively small audience of readers and that only a small proportion focus their coverage on politics, media, government, or technology. Blogs, the survey finds, are as individual as the people who keep them. However, most… Continue Reading
More Corporations Plan to Implement Blogs According to New Report
Press release: “JupiterResearch, a leading authority on the impact of the Internet and emerging consumer technologies on business, reveals that 35 percent of large companies plan to institute corporate Weblogs this year. Combined with the existing deployed base of 34 percent, nearly 70 percent of all site operators will have implemented corporate blogs by the… Continue Reading
2006 Workplace E-Mail, Instant Messaging & Blog Survey
Press release: “E-mail mismanagement continues to take a hefty toll on U.S. employers, with costly lawsuits–and employee terminations–topping the list of electronic risks. As recent court cases demonstrate, e-mail can sink businesses–legally and financially. Last year, the inability to produce subpoenaed e-mail resulted in million dollar–even billion dollar–lawsuits against U.S. companies. In fact, 24% of… Continue Reading
Commentary on Style and Substance in Website Writing and Design
Putting the White Back in Strunk and White, by Christina Wodtke. “Style and appropriateness may seem like an odd duo, but they are not. Style is the natural result of the over-abundance of energy and unique perspective a designercreative personis gifted and cursed with. Appropriateness is what helps them guide it in its application.” Continue Reading
Knight Science Journalism Tracker
“The Knight Science Journalism Tracker is a new Web-based service for journalists who cover science, environment and health… It’s a service of the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships. Our goal is to provide a broad sampling of the past day’s stories in these areas and, where possible, of press releases or other news tips related to… Continue Reading
Air Force Funds Blog Study
“The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has begun funding a new research area that includes a study of blogs. Blog research may provide information analysts and warfighters with invaluable help in fighting the war on terrorism. Drs. Brian Ulicny, senior scientist, and Mieczyslaw Kokar, president, Versatile Information Systems Inc., Framingham, Mass., will receive approximately… Continue Reading
Microsoft Security Response Center Blog
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