140 Kaiser patients’ private data put online: “In a troubling episode involving medical privacy in the digital age, Kaiser Permanente is notifying 140 patients that a disgruntled former employee posted confidential information about them on her Weblog.” Continue Reading
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Category Archives: Blogs
Gallup Poll on Blogs Shows Limited Impact on General Public
Blogs Not Yet in the Media Big Leagues – Very few Americans read them with any frequency: “Three-quarters of the U.S. public uses the Internet at work, school, or home, but only one in four Americans are either very familiar or somewhat familiar with blogs. More than half, 56%, have no knowledge of them. Even… Continue Reading
Online Video Poised to Make Big Impact on Little Blogs
From The Globe and Mail (via Connie Crosby), this article describes how video clips drive considerable traffic to even small blogs. In addition, it notes the potentially significant impact of vlogs on e-commerce, political discourse and news in general. And don’t forget the video search engines as well. Also from The Globe, see Multimedia blogs… Continue Reading
More on the FEC and Regulating Bloggers
From Roll Call today (subscription req’d) this article abstract: “FEC May Exempt Bloggers – Amid a growing hysteria sweeping the Internet over the idea that the Federal Election Commission intends to crack down on bloggers, some FEC officials say they are open to creating an exemption for those who maintain Web logs to ensure they… Continue Reading
Can Blogging Assist the Intelligence Community?
We Need Spy Blogs – An Army officer calls for better information gathering. Continue Reading
Corporate Executives and Their Blogs
Look Who’s Blogging – How five executives got blog religion and are using it to their professional and personal advantage. Continue Reading
Another FEC Perspective on Blogging and Website Content
Point…Counterpoint…and additional information. Continue Reading
A Pathfinder to Law Related Blogs
From Lynn Lenart at the University of Akron School of Law, her Law Library Pathfinder to Law Blogs – Blawgs. Thank you for including beSpacific. “The purpose of this pathfinder…is to provide a starting point for law students and law faculty interested in identifying blogs they wish to monitor or to provide basic information for… Continue Reading
First Press Pass Issued To Blogger By White House
The New York Times reports that Garrett M. Graff, editor of FishbowlDC, has been issued a press pass by the White House. Better yet, read Garrett’s chronicle of how the events unfolded. Continue Reading
Will Websites and Blogs Be Restricted On Campaign Related Endorsements
From Polical Money Line, Corporate Websites Get Scrutiny: “The Federal Election Commission acknowledged last week that it determined it is a violation to post a federal candidate’s endorsement and picture on a corporate website when it is not paid for by the corporation’s PAC or limited to in-house access.” Declan McCullagh interviewed Bradley Smith about… Continue Reading
Range of Companies Realize Benefits of Blogs
From the WSJ’s Free Features, Blogs Keep Internet Customers Coming Back: Small Firms Find Tool Useful for Recognition, Connecting With Buyers. Note, I learned from this article that there are blogging coaches. Related reference: White Paper (5 pages, PDF), Using content to create connections among people – Keeping the sales force up to date. [WebProNews] Continue Reading
Congress Tentatively Begins to Embrace Blogging
The Latest Initiative in Congress: Blogging As referenced here on February 13, Rep. Pence has a blog; Sen. Patrick Leahy has been blogging since January 4, 2005; Rep. Mark Kirk launched his blog January 9, 2005; and Rep. Katherine Harris began blogging on January 28, 2005. See also Links to State Legislators’ Blogs and Legislatures… Continue Reading
