June 2004 Archives
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When I was surfing the net today, I came across this unique blogging website, Blog News for Bloggers. I always like to read what others like to post, even though this website seems like it is not updated frequently.
On to the good part...
Hi everyone!!!!! I'm typing to you from the hotel lobby in Dubrovnik....check out my blog for more, but I'm having an amazing time.....
Miss Everyone!!!!
Tiff
Today I saw a bumper sticker on somebody's car which said something to the effect of "Bush is not MY President." Oh? Suddenly you're not an American? If your kid screws up in school and gets in trouble, is he suddenly not your kid?
And if Bush isn't your president, who is? Perhaps you don't like the idea of a presidency at all? Or just the thought of the fact that other Americans have the right to disagree with you. It's called a democracy, dipshit...live with it or get out.
The worst part is that about half the people who have these stickers probably either didn't vote at all, or voted for Bush. If you want to change your political opinion, fine. If you want to deck out your car with anti-Bush stickers, fine. But anti-president stickers? That deserves a swift kick to the left nut.
Seriously, if you meet someone with one of these stickers, do me (and yourselves) a favor...go up to them, shake their hand, and thank them in advance for bagging your groceries.
so this is mass communication?
...I saw Lisa giving up her dream of personal publishing feeling as if she had failed. Then, she sees the nearly the whole town of Springfield delivering their own self-created newspapers.
Homer, synthesizing the situation, said:
"See Lisa, instead of one big shot controlling all of the media, now there are a thousand freaks Xeroxing their worthless opinions."
To which Lisa replied:
"I couldn't be prouder"
OJR article: Scholars Discover Weblogs Pass Test as Mode of Communication
I suspect that over the next few years we will see a lot of calls suggesting that blogging has died, and I suspect that in a sense they will be right. The act of keeping a "Weblog" as a separate entity will become something of an anachronism. The broader world of collaborative Web publishing will continue to grow and converge with other technologies, including IM and e-mail. Imagine asking someone today if they are an "e-mailer." That question made sense, among a certain group, 15 years ago, when you weren't sure if someone had e-mail or not. I have a feeling that the production of public media -- whether in the form of Weblogs, wikis, collaboratively filtered lifelogs, or some form that I am too shortsighted to predict -- will be the moving force of a new era. --Alex Halavais
Sugarpacket: Bad, bad, bloggerPlease accept my apology, and know that in the future, I will try harder to at least post something simple-minded, as a journal. My heart bleeds at the thought of your barrenness, and I swear to Google that I will not allow it to happen again.
I particularly like "I swear to Google". I hope your blog does forgive you, Karissa! It would be nothing without you!
Congratulations to SHU faculty member and blogger Mike Arnzen, whose e-mail newsletter, "The Goreletter," won a 2003 Bram Stoker award.
Some photos are online at Raw Dog Screaming Press.
SPORTSbyBROOKSThere aren't many red-blooded American college kids that don't dream of working at ESPN. But while most are consumed with cutting class and pondering their next pizza topping, one student at Northwestern actually acted on that faraway fantasy - ESPN Sports Business reporter Darren Rovell...
Rovell worked hard in college, reading books, writing, and creating his own call-in radio show.
A few students in my "Practice of Journalism" course last year were surprised at how much writing the course entailed. Here's a look at what Rovell's job is like:
"I write about 200 articles a year for the site [ESPN.com]. I do ESPNEWS, SportsCenter, Radio and magazine as they need me. So far this year, I've done over 100 radio interviews and close to 40 TV segments, so it certainly does get busy."
