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Three Words

Three Words April 9, 2007 – 2:00 am The weekend has been chock full of combat.  There are all manner of fighting sequences in the show, from quick… Three Words[...]

Nearly 70% of Real Estate Agents Plan to Make Blogging a Part of Their Marketing Initiatives in 2007

A recent survey by Global Reasearch Center stated that 68% of the real estate agents they polled planned to include the blogosphere in their 2007 marketing efforts. This is according to an e-mail originally from Blogging Systems CEO Richard Nacht that was forwarded to me by my colleague Kim Larsen.[...]

A Blog Gets New Editor: Wall Street Journal Goes Ape

Two and a half years ago, when we launched this site, the idea of blogs being a serious business medium was hotly debated. Now, Gawker Media changes an editor and the Wall Street Journal covers it like a new Federal Reserve chairman had been appointed. 665 words dedicated to[...]

Conservapedia: Like Wikipedia without all the, you know, knowledge

Ever wish Wikipedia weren’t so damn accurate? OMG me too! Thank the internet gods for Conservapedia, the Conservative response to Wikipedia that got noticed by the New York Times today! In case you’re saying “Oh dear lord why,” Conservapedia has a list of answers. One item reads: Wikipedia’s article on Feudalism[...]

People of the Year

I felt the need to at least pay lip service to Time’s most recent ‘person of the year’ announcement. I won’t spend a million words talking about an article that has already received a great deal of commentary from the blogosphere. I doubt I could say anything original about the[...]

School Disinvites Comedy Troupe

The Comic Thread performed at Highland Park High School’s Focus on the Arts 2001, 2003, and 2005. In December they were invited to perform again this year. The Tribune’s March 19th article in part says: Highland Park High School officials who fear that a sketch comedy troupe’s material is[...]

Stage Acting: It’s Nice Work if You Can Afford It

We are subsidizing the theater. Those words, addressed to an audience in a Lincoln Center auditorium last weekend, weren’t spoken by a corporate suit bragging about slapping the company name on the fire escape at one of the city’s often needy nonprofit theaters. They were spoken by the actor Tim[...]

Blog Business Summit ‘07 Room Block

Blog Business Summit has secured a special reduced rate for conference attendees at the Chicago City Centre Hotel & Sports Club. To make a reservation, click here and use the following booking code: BS1 You may also call 312-787-6100 to secure a reservation using the same booking code. There are a limited[...]

Blog Business Summit ‘07 Room Block

Blog Business Summit has secured a special reduced rate for conference attendees at the Chicago City Centre Hotel & Sports Club. To make a reservation, click here and use the following booking code: BS1 You may also call 312-787-6100 to secure a reservation using the same booking code. There are a limited[...]

Edwards Debacle Illustrates a Big Blogosphere Problem

There are no easy answers to the issue that John Edwards faced last week when he was forced to fire two of his campaign bloggers due to comments they had made on their personal blogs that were sarcastic and disrespectful toward the Catholic Church’s stance on birth control and abortion. One[...]