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Back in 2007 I thought every blog on the the internet would have a job board. But have you checked out the Gigaom Job Board lately? It’s like a ghost town. Even the Blogger Job Board over at ProBlogger is flying with plenty of tumbleweeds.
I’m not sure what to make of it. Other than its proof that Craigslist is still the place to be. Or maybe that this is spells the end of jobs. We could only hope.
Originally posted on January 3, 2007 @ 9:53 am
According to USA Today, the Project for Excellence in Journalism will begin to analyze up to 100 blogs alongside mainstream news sources. Some of the analysis they’ve done of blogs has been fascinating for me to read in the past. So this will be interesting to see what they do and how they compare some of the major blogging sites to mainstream news media.
Originally posted on January 2, 2007 @ 2:15 am
For the last two days I’ve felt horrible. Horrible actually doesn’t really describe how I feel. I spent most of yesterday in bed. All in all I think I had consumed roughly 30 over the counter pain pills, a few sleeping pills, and still wished someone could take me out of my misery. Luckily I managed to force myself to get roughly 16 hours of sleep so all is well today I hope. If I still have a liver. I think it was a migraine hitting me in 2 different directions.
Yet here I was this morning doing my job. How do you usually cope with being sick and keeping up with your blog? I notice my quality of writing goes down significantly when I don’t feel well. Normally I would have some sort of featured posts cooked up in the oven and I just just flip the switch and magically my blog would just manage to keep up with the high octane pace in which I normally cover the news. But with the holidays I pretty much used up all my reserves and then some. I feel so robbed.
I have no genius ideas to blog about. I have no huge news to report. All I have is a pain medicated hangover, the desire to lay in bed and watch movies. Yet I have 500 unanswered emails, a list as high as Mount Rushmore, and a plate full of travel plans. See the big problem I guess is no centralized way to organize my blogging life. If I was organized it would be easy to manage. But I’m just not organized enough. I envision a world where I could have my emails in the same place as my feeds. I could have prioritized ranking on both. Think Digg For The Inbox. Magically I could also share my Inbox with others when it was a collaborative project. So the 901am bloggers could view all our email and feeds in the same place. And we could add in blog comments too. So you would have Email, Feeds, and Comments so you could track all conversations coming in all mediums.
If I had this in place I wouldn’t have to write this post. I could ping Thord, or Muhammad and life would be easier. Instead I’m staring at my screen wondering how could I make life easier.
So, if you could design a blogging tool of the future what would it do?
Originally posted on January 2, 2007 @ 4:47 am
Online advertisers and marketers are paying serious attention to this new ‘anywhere, anytime’ channel. eMarketer projects that spending on podcast advertising will reach $80 million this year and $300 million by 2010.
Internet researcher eMarketer forecasts that the total US audience for podcasts could reach 25 million by 2008, and perhaps 50 million by 2010. These numbers don’t really mean anything other than you really should have a podcast to accompany your blog folks. Do it now. Develop your listenerships today.
Originally posted on January 2, 2007 @ 7:09 am
Even with all my annoyances of New media coverage of illegal executions. I feel captivated and in love with media sometimes for reporting Good News. Yes Good news. This is what I wish I saw more of. People saving people’s lives. I think the lack of snow in this region has me going into some strange Global Warming Rage. So a break from the norm for a few to read the following happy ending story.
Wesley Autrey, a 50-year-old construction worker and Navy veteran, faced both those questions in a flashing instant yesterday, and got his answers almost as quickly.
Mr. Autrey was waiting for the downtown local at 137th Street and Broadway in Manhattan around 12:45 p.m. He was taking his two daughters, Syshe, 4, and Shuqui, 6, home before work.
Nearby, a man collapsed, his body convulsing. Mr. Autrey and two women rushed to help, he said. The man, Cameron Hollopeter, 20, managed to get up, but then stumbled to the platform edge and fell to the tracks, between the two rails.
And For The Rest Of The Story: NY Times
Originally posted on January 3, 2007 @ 8:48 am