Category: blogging

Reminder: Blogs United Saturday

Just a quick reminder that the Blogs United conference is coming up this Saturday, November 21. The event will be held from 9am-4pm at the David Student Union Center on the campus of Christopher Newport University in Newport News. Among the media personnel scheduled to attend are Anita Kumar of Washington Post, Ryan Nobles of … Continue reading Reminder: Blogs United Saturday →

Register for Blogs United

It's that time again. Bloggers from all over the Commonwealth will be coming together on Saturday, November 21, for Blogs United, a day of fun, food, and, of course, a little politics 🙂 The event this year is being held at the David Student Union on the campus of  Christopher Newport University from 9am to … Continue reading Register for Blogs United →

About comments

I have tried to make this blog a place where people of differing opinions can have a civil conversation. Until now, except for profanity, I've pretty much allowed comments to be posted without any intervention on my part.  Unfortunately, a few bad apples can spoil the whole bunch. After three and a half years of … Continue reading About comments →

Giving credit where credit is due

There was an interesting article on MediaShift a couple of weeks ago about what newspapers want when bloggers are linking to them. The writer decided to ask the opinions of three web editors, one of them being Jane Elizabeth of The Virginian-Pilot, our local newspaper, pictured left. The consensus among the editors: give credit where … Continue reading Giving credit where credit is due →

Blog messed up

The fine folks here at wordpress.com have made a backend change to the theme that I've been using and screwed something up. As the result, the blog looks like crap. Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do until they fix it. Worse part is that support went on holiday for a week starting today. I'm … Continue reading Blog messed up →

Register for Netroots Nation

It's that time again. Time for Netroots Nation. From an email I received: Since President Obama's historic inauguration in January, we've seen some positive change take place—and we've started pushing major reform on issues like health care and climate change. In the next 12 months, we'll be working together more than ever to push progressive … Continue reading Register for Netroots Nation →

Narrow vs broad: blogging and the FTC

Sunday's Virginian Pilot brought two opposing views on the FTC's proposed regulation of blogs, which I mentioned briefly in this post. The views were provided by J.R. Hoeft of Bearing Drift and yours truly. Hoeft posted his (unedited) op-ed on his blog last week, while mine (as printed in the paper)  is below the fold. … Continue reading Narrow vs broad: blogging and the FTC →

ICYMI: The Jaded JD is back

One of the blogs I thoroughly enjoyed when I first started reading the Virginia blogosphere was that of The Jaded JD. It is now back, albeit in a slightly different form. A really good piece was posted on the recent AG debate.  Take a few minutes to read and digest.  It hits some pretty significant … Continue reading ICYMI: The Jaded JD is back →

FTC to monitor blogs

I used to co-own a technology site/blog. As a part of the process, we often received products to review. Some of it - usually software and other small items - we got to keep. The more expensive items, we had to return once the review was complete. On this blog, I've reviewed books and other … Continue reading FTC to monitor blogs →