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People Don’t Trust Bloggers
I wonder how these reports translate to the blogs of popular newspapers. Does the blogger from the New York Times have more default trust than say someone like me? I wonder what the pshycological implications are with regards to having your blog hosted on the newyorktimes.com. I wonder if they carry more weight with the average consumer than just a stand alone blog. Continue reading
Problogger: Speed Posting
Darren Rowse, the Problogger is conducting a nice little exercise in “Speed Posting” where he takes a question from Twitter, and answers it in a post. The catch is he has to write the response in 3 minutes or less. … Continue reading
Will FriendFeed Help the Smaller Blogger
Dave Winer mentioned something similar in his article, Proof That the End is Near, where he talks about the “tech industry superdelegates” and how he is unfollowing them on Twitter in hope to find the smaller voices as well. It seems that some of the more popular people are looking for the smaller, most likely more original voices in the blogging industry. No longer are they interested in what someone has to say about what TechCrunch, GigaOM, or even Mashable have to say anymore. Well they might be interested, but they might move past the headline anymore. Continue reading
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Thrifty Domestica Thinks “Micro-blogging is for Nerds”
My good friend Rachel over at the website, Thrifty Domestica got into a discussion about micro-blogging today. When I asked her if she was going to start micro-blogging, she told me that she was going to write a post about … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Friends
Tagged blogging, Friends, micro-blogging, thrifty domestica, Twitter
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Thrifty Domestica Thinks "Micro-blogging is for Nerds"
My good friend Rachel over at the website, Thrifty Domestica got into a discussion about micro-blogging today. When I asked her if she was going to start micro-blogging, she told me that she was going to write a post about … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Friends
Tagged blogging, Friends, micro-blogging, thrifty domestica, Twitter
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People Don't Trust Bloggers
I wonder how these reports translate to the blogs of popular newspapers. Does the blogger from the New York Times have more default trust than say someone like me? I wonder what the pshycological implications are with regards to having your blog hosted on the newyorktimes.com. I wonder if they carry more weight with the average consumer than just a stand alone blog. Continue reading →