I confess I am a bit envious of those that were able to attend the blogging conference in Toronto this past week.
Exploring Fusion Power of Public and Participatory Journalism
Some of us just blog.
We don’t think much about the technology that enables us, the social networks that form, or the potential impact on other mediums.
As weblogging [...]

US newspapers are starting to notice the traffic a link from a prominent blogger is good for business.
The discussion about blogs and big media has been going on for a few years now. When I first started blogging I recall the online buzz and a specific legal battle over ‘deep linking.’
Now newspapers are changing [...]

If you look at the time stamp below, you’ll see my day isn’t over.
I was dashing out the door this evening when I thought I’d stop and check the email.
I use more than one account, as many people do.
Stopping into hotmail first, I found a kind and encouraging email from Ian McKenzie of Ian’s Messy [...]

Grrrrrrrr.
I just logged on to find nearly 2 thousand pieces of comment spam again.
I need to walk away, go have coffee with a friend, and tackle this later.
So much for closing off comments.
Sigh.
This makes me more determined than ever to find a way to stop this.
Grrrrrr.
This is like living on a flood plain in rainy [...]

Well. Pespi didn’t relax it’s rules over the long weekend.
We were well supplied with their water product.
I will never pay another cent for anything Pepsi makes.
Pepsi won’t care, and that’s fine with me.
The event co-ordinators won’t care, and that’s fine with me.
I don’t think my decision to do so rests squarely on the company decision.
One [...]

I came home tonight to another 300 pieces of comment spam on the blog.
IreneQ has been hit with hundreds of pieces of comment spam, and like me has begun the tedious task of closing off comment archives. RiverStone has also noticed a spike in comment spam. Both use the MovableType platform.
I still don’t have a [...]

A computer seized by the US containing detailed intelligence has led US Homeland Security to raise threat levels for specific locations…all of them financial.
The potential targets include the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington, Prudential Plaza in Newark, New Jersey, and the Citigroup Building and New York Stock Exchange in New York.
Plans [...]