I really liked gapingvoid's post here, and have spent quite a bit of time over the past week considering Hugh MacLeod's list of 41 Random Notes on Blogging.
There are a few of his list that really struck a nerve with me:
3. Blogging is an art, same as any other method of self-expression. Some are better at it than others.
4. Stay as honest as you can, for as long as you can. Once you cross the line it’s hard to go back.
23. Another way to know you’ve arrived: When you realize that every business relationship you’ve established in the last twelve months was a direct result of blogging.
27. The best way to raise you profile in the blogosphere [besides writing good stuff] is to attend the various conferences; the more, the merrier. I am [at least] fifty times more likely to link to you if I’ve already met you in real life. The other good way is to attend the geek dinners.
There are a few others as well, but these four resonate with me. I think I will have to explore them over the next few weeks here.
After watching 24 this evening and hoping our global situation does not worsen after tomorrow’s State of the Union Address, I thought I needed something a little lighter as I finish tweaking my lesson plans for tomorrow night’s class, so I turned to my friend Dilbert.
Today’s Dilbert is the story of my work over the last five year. Click to see it full-size.
Tonight was Hillary Clinton’s first live web discussion. Pretty great use of technology. The logon worked well, the streaming was smooth and clear, and the color and lighting was professional. She certainly raises the bar for the other candidates and for the government itself.
This makes me wonder where are the other candidates? Wikipedia (as of today) listed the following candidates or potential / possible candidates:
Candidates who have formed exploratory committees: Candidates who have expressed serious interest: Candidates who have formed exploratory committees: Candidates who have expressed serious interest: Announced candidates: Actively pursuing or interested in candidacy: Actively pursuing or interested in candidacy * * * * These people all have websites, which is a step in the right direction. However, after what I saw this evening, the rest of this group is still a step behind already. Senator Clinton has scored one for contemporary communication, and while she has never been my favorite candidate, I do feel she is more in-touch with our modern world than any of the others. This will be an interesting election.
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Third parties
Constitution Party
Green Party
Libertarian Party
Prohibition Party
Independents
Two different senators with the same job prospects. I love the picture of them the New York Times captured:
For equal time, here are their websites (in their order in the photo): Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
So, Senator Clinton has finally admitted she is running for President. While she has never impressed while being my senator, I am happy with her technology plans she listed on her website website. I went there and signed up to attend her first live video webcast.
I signed up for this, though I am not sure why I was asked to do it, I noticed there was not a privacy statement anyplace, nor anything to opt-out from future promotions.
While I applaud Mrs. Clinton’s technological outreach by having a "true national conversation," I hope I will now not get inundated with contribution and support requests.
Thanks to Scott McLeod in his post, The Results Are In. There was a survey of edubloggers (I did not participate), that received around 160 responses, and in Scott's representation of the results, the slide below struck me:
I felt I was reading about why I started to blog, after many failed attempts, with more regularity. The reflection and voice results are particularly close to my own interests, and while community and learning and the rest are all important to me as well, blogging allows a reflective voice, to a greater or lesser degree, more than most media today IMHO. Perhaps that is why reflective practice and its sibling, the gap between research and practice, are so engaging of my energy.
This is a trackback test for Toronto Delivers on the post “Clipping coupons.”
This is a test of a trackback to the New York Magazine
I am simply in awe of how our postmodern society shares and receives information. We can even create knowledge and share it when and how we want with the world. How good is real-time freedom of expression? That is, unless of course profits would be damaged (cf. Google in China)or with human rights violations (cf. Yahoo's identifying dissidents in China).
Here is Robert Scoble who blogs about his positive experiences with buying a Saturn. Savvy salesperson to invite him to test drive the car after he blogged about his colleague's reaction with one. In sharing this experience, many people around the world now have a good stamp pf approval by a respected man o'media. Of course, if there are problems with said car, guess who will also tell about them?
I wonder how much power the well-trafficed bloggers wield? I wonder if it can be quantified or qualified? That smells of a nifty research project . . .
I love the new Monte character created for Northern Voice. Strange that I can relate so well with him; hopefully Weight Watchers will make a difference within the next four weeks before the conference!
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