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A Decade on the Internet

January 24th, 2012 | Add a Comment

Last Friday, January 20, marked the tenth anniversary of blogging for me. It all began on Live Journal and progressed to the on-line magazine you now read. I began blogging after reading a number of others. Instapundit, Glenn Reynolds, was and is the premier blogger for the material I enjoyed reading. But the writings of a Long Island mom with close ties to the New York City Fire Department struck a chord in my heart and provoked my brain. Michele Catalano was writing about the things I wanted to write about, and she was good. Really good. The aftermath of the murders committed on September 11, 2001, and the anthrax attacks that followed, turned me into a blogger. Michele, my “blogmother”, gave me the courage to write. Her pain and anger, and … Read entire article »

Filed under: Blogging, Me and Mine

The Value of Blogging For People and Businesses

April 5th, 2009 | Comments Off

Here are a few articles I have recently published about blogging for businesses and for individuals. An introduction to blogs I wrote my first blog post on a stone tablet using a crude chisel many years ago. It sounds good, doesn’t it? But blogging, one of the biggest buzz words on the Internet, is just a few year old. Blog is short for “web log”. The first people to blog created a personal diary on the Internet. Today, about a decade later, nearly all the blogs in existence are still just a personal diary on the Internet. Company blogs and their value for public relations A company blog brings a great deal of value to a business’s public relations efforts.A company blog is about information. Blogging will allow a business to place important and necessary … Read entire article »

Filed under: Analysis, Blogging, Commentary, Original writing

Site Outage on Tuesday and Wednesday

July 2nd, 2008 | Comments Off

Kudos to Stacy and the Hosting Matters folks. While trying to improve the site last evening, I managed to erase it. It has been restored. I am using a plugin to redirect – 301 – old, messy URL’s to the new version. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Blogging

Associated Press Takes on Blogs

June 18th, 2008 | Comments Off

Well, they started with Drudge [my bad, it's a parody site called Drudge Retort]. It seems that they object to his brief, 50-100 word, teases quoted from their stories. And they say: All requests for republication of AP material must be in writing, clearly stating the purpose and manner in which the material will be used. All republished material must carry AP credit. Unless specifically noted otherwise, all permission is given for one-time use only. No political candidate, political party, political action committee, polemical organization, or any group formed for partisan purpose may use AP copy in any publication. There may be a fee for reprint use. There is something in copyright law called “fair use”. Section 107 contains a list of the various purposes for which the reproduction of a particular work may … Read entire article »

Filed under: Blogging, Other Bloggers

You Say You Want a Revolution

May 18th, 2008 | Comments Off

I just dropped some money on a “pro” theme, I know that there are some glitches, so please contact me if things are crazy bad. I have to integrate advertising, and donation abilities. And, I think I have a clew about how I was supposed to implement the design. Lots of plug-in updates showing. I guess I should figure out why the automatic upgrade thingy does not work. Lots to do but it seems stable for the nonce. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Blogging