Category: Blogosphere

Who Was F.W. Thomas?

I meant to post about this earlier, but was tied up in the Archives. My roommate and the DCeiver (Jason Linkins) will be reading from his new work The Taking of the Orange Line 1-2-3 with some local theater folks. See you there! THE FW THOMAS PERFORMANCES Greetings Journalist/Listings Editor/Blogger/Citizen: Thank you for your attention. […]

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E-Democracy and Online Civic Infrastructure

It seems to me that on the web the people who make the biggest splash aren’t always successful. Think about all the spectacular .com failures who had all the money, fame, and dreams in the world. The reality of the Web 2.0 mini-boom we’re experiencing is that the big success stories – Flickr, TheFaceBook, del.icio.us […]

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PR and Blogs

I’ve been thinking about PR and blogs quite a bit lately after giving two presentations on the topic. For both I emphasized two general approaches: to understand and strategically engage the blogosphere, or the larger task of utilizing the medium yourself for promotion purposes. During one of the presentations I found myself giving several examples […]

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Calling all Power Vision Ambassadors

I’ve created a Google Group for participants of Sprint’s Power Vision Ambassador program. To join just click the link and tell me the name of your blog, or point me to where you blogged about joining. What do you think Sprint is trying to do with the program? How did they find your blog? I’m […]

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DCists Are Famous

… The nickname, of course, derives from the zoo’s much-quoted description of the panda at his July 9 birth — he was the size of “a stick of butter.” But it was two local bloggers, Catherine Andrews and her boyfriend, Tom Lee , who actually came up with the moniker. On Aug. 2, Andrews posted […]

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Remodeling Blog

While I blog here about who-knows-what, my twin brother has been busily maintaining his own blog about his work remodeling a tiny 1930s(?)-era home he purchased in Haverhill, Massaccussets. I have been quite impressed with his energy and skill in the project and am looking forward to the final product.

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February Blogger Meetup Attendance

Here’s who signed in: Total Information Awareness Candy Sandwich a13x.net Always Write Grateful Dating Articulatory Loop Brokekid.net Velvet in Dupont Rhinestone Cowgirl Latest Obsession Yeah … I Said It Yeah, So I’m Nicolasix.com Elliot Teel Movering If I missed you, drop a comment.

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