Spin-blogs
In today's New York Times, Maureen Dowd disses politicians who use blogs as PR tools rather than a means to communicate what they feel.
John Kerry has given more grist to critics who label him aloof and insincere by assigning staff members to write his cheesy blog. (It's like trying to prove you're a sportsman by making an aide go fishing for you.)
Even former candidates are weighing in. Gary Hart, who began his blog in March, doesn't bother to read other digital diarists. "If you're James Joyce," he said slyly, "you don't read other authors."
Now there's a man with a future in blogging.
Imagine a W blog! It would be fantastical.
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Via SEB, The day the blogging died.
And the three men I admire most,
Phil Wolff, Mark Pilgrim, and Steve Yost
Kept editing their final post
The day the blogging died
And they were singin'
Bye bye wiki necho or pie
Took my standard to a body
But the body had died And the good ol' boys
Drinking kool-aid and lies
Singing this'll be the way blogging dies.
Collaborative learning environments sourcebook is an interesting collection of advice on setting up your own community, including this pearl of wisdom:
"Training, like psychology, is inherently pessimistic. Both fields are built on a core belief that people are deficient or dysfunctional." Jay Cross (2003). Informal Learning – the other 80%
Posted by Jay Cross at August 13, 2003 11:45 AM
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