Public Awareness of Internet Terms, 7/20/2005: “The average American internet user is not sure what podcasting is, what an RSS feed does, or what the term phishing means.” The data memo is 7 pages, PDF. Continue Reading
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Coping With Information Overload and Remaining Productive
Driven to distraction by technology: “The typical office worker is interrupted every three minutes by a phone call, e-mail, instant message or other distraction. The problem is that it takes about eight uninterrupted minutes for our brains to get into a really creative state.” See also RSS Goes Corporate – Information overload also affects companies,… Continue Reading
Comparison of RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0
RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0, Compared: “People who generate syndication feeds have a choice of feed formats. As of mid-2005, the two most likely candidates will be RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0. The purpose of this page is to summarize, as clearly and simply as possible, the differences between the RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0… Continue Reading
CBSNews.com Morphs Into 24/7 On Demand Broadband Service
The 3 page press release (PDF), CBS Unveils Changes, Web Strategy. “CBS News will move from a primarily television and radio news-based operation to a 24-hour, on-demand news service, available across many platforms, drawing on the experienced, worldwide, award-winning resources of the Division. The new CBSNews.com will include: an on-demand, 24-hour news network in the… Continue Reading
WSJ Explores Potential Conflicts When Journalists Maintain Personal Blogs
A free feature from today’s WSJ: Should Newspapers Sponsor Blogs Written by Reporters? Continue Reading
Selected SLA Annual Conference Presentation Materials Now Available Online
Selected PowerPoint presentations of sessions from the Business & Finance Division, Information Technology Division, Military Librarians Division, and Science-Technology Division, from the SLA 2005 Conference, Toronto, Ontario CANADA, June 5-8, 2005 are available free at via this Link. Continue Reading
Citizen Blogs on London Bombings Have Global Impact
From WSJ free content today: Bloggers and Photographers Chronicle Chaos in London Continue Reading
EFF Adds Labor Section to Blogging Guide
As a follow-up to my June 5 posting, Advocacy Group Publishes Legal Guide for Blogger, today EFF announced the addition of a labor law section to its guide. “The Bloggers’ FAQ on Labor Law addresses legal issues arising from workplace blogging, including union organizing, protections for political blogging away from the workplace, and whistle-blogging.” Continue Reading
Online Retailers Employ Blogs With Caution
The pros and cons of e-tailers using blogs are reviewed in this New York Time article today. Continue Reading
Hearing on FEC Regulation of Internet and Blogs
Prepared Remarks to the FEC June 28, 2005, by kos:“…It isn’t my position that the government should never regulate any Internet communications. It is my position that the Internet is so different than television, radio, and print media, that the current campaign finance regime doesn’t fit and different techniques must be employed..” Bloggers Go Mainstream… Continue Reading
Microsoft Announces Its New OS and Browser Will Implement RSS
The Microsoft Development Center has extensive and detailed documentation on RSS implementation in Longhorn: “This paper describes RSS in the context of a vision for how web content is and will be consumed, explores opportunities enabled by incorporating RSS functionality into applications and outlines the Windows platform services that make this easy.” See also RSS… Continue Reading
Trend Spotting and Marketing Insights Gained Through Blog Posts
WSJ Free Content today, Marketers Scan Blogs For Brand Insights Continue Reading
