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UK PM's wife ups profile

The wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has kept a blog of her activities on the sidelines of the G-8 Summit, stepping up attempts to boost her public profile while her husband's popularity is plummeting.

NBA's Arenas says he's 'retired' as a blogger

Gilbert Arenas apparently is ready to return to the court. He swears he is done, however, with his computer.

Blog your way to a better trip

Had a problem with your last trip? Fire up your PC and post something online.

Malaysia's Ruling Party Begins Blogging

Some candidates for posts in Malaysia's ruling party will be required to set up blogs, an official said Friday, a turnaround for governing politicians who had derided online politicking.

Readers, Some Posts Liven Up 'Dipnote'

U.S. diplomats are revealing their personal sides on the new State Department blog.

China: Bloggers Should Use Real Names

Blog service providers in China are "encouraged" to register users with their real names and contact information, according to a new government document that tones down an earlier proposal banning anonymous online blogging.

Some Blogs From Around the Mideast

Some blogs in the Middle East:

Army Monitors Soldiers' Blogs, Web Sites

From the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan to here at home, soldiers blogging about military life are under the watchful eye of some of their own.

Houseblogs Unite Fixer-Uppers Worldwide

Agent Jack Bauer of "24," you've got nothing on John Ahlen. You wanna talk about a REALLY harrowing day?

Microsoft Amends Blog Shutdown Policies

Microsoft Corp. says it is setting new policies on shutting down Web journals after its much-publicized squelching of a well-known Chinese blogger at the request of Chinese officials.

The Vine
The 7 Harsh Realities of Social Media Marketing
Source:

So in honor of Dan Kennedy, who sometimes styles himself as the "Professor of Harsh Reality," I thought I'd talk today about some of the not-so-kumbaya aspects of social media marketing.

Belle de Jour revealed as research scientist Dr Brooke Magnanti
Source: The Times

Magnanti is a respected specialist in developmental neurotoxicology and cancer epidemiology in a hospital research group in Bristol.

Discipline and the Bloggers Opportunity
Source: chrisbrogan.com

It's 4:46AM as I write this. I'm en route to two events today, one in the north of the country and the other at the southern tip. In the middle, I've got work to do on planes that might be cramped.

"The Evolution of Blogging": E. D. Kain Interviews Little Green Football's Charles Johnson
Source: The League of Ordinary Gentlemen

"Few bloggers have had quite as controversial a career as Little Green Football's Charles Johnson. Johnson began blogging in earnest back in 2001 after the attacks on the twin towers, and continues putting out content at a furious pace nearly a decade later."

And Then.... There were none. What happened to my favorite writers on the " Vine" ?

OPINION: Political debate takes it's toll. And this on line forum is a glaring example of the casualties of that war. Many quality contributors have fallen to the way side of pointless, endless, debate. They have simply opted to " Opt Out"

Tumbling with Tumblr

I am trying to up my blogging to 2-3 times per week, Tweeting 5-10 times per day, and now I have a new strategy based on Tumblr.

The Kansas Free Press: Bold, Simple, Authentic and Yours
Source: KANSAS FREE PRESS www.KansasFreePress.com

Many of our journalists desire to exercise their 1st Amendment rights by gathering information about what happens in school board meetings, community events, county commission meetings or in the state legislature.

Procter & Gamble Hires Bathroom Bloggers
Source: nacsonline.com

Procter & Gamble is launching an interesting way to gage customer "enjoyment" in the restroom. 

NaBloWriMo is nearly upon us
Source: nablowrimo.org

November is nearly here, and with it the beginning of National Blog Writing Month. Our intrepid band of lunatics will sally forth into the blogosphere, writing, sharing, reading, photographing, and commenting their way through the month. The challenge - 30 posts in 30 days.

Best of TH!NK ABOUT IT Climate Change blogging competition

Check out these outstanding contributions involving comics, science and alternative pornography.

Blogger has benefits removed over Google AdSense payments
Source: Telegraph

A lawyer made redundant during the economic downturn has had her benefits suspended – because she earns cents a day from her personal food blog.

When Blogs Become a Weapon to Shut Down Free Speech
Source: LA Progressive

Blogs were supposed to be a means that enabled every person to exercise their right to free speech which is guaranteed in the 1st Amendment of the Constitution. Hurrah! Everyone now had a way to give the world their two cents no matter who liked it or not.

Government to Regulate Blogs - (Will fine you a bundle, if you don't comply!)
Source: Americans for Tax Reform

We should've known this was coming... Where did our liberty and freedom go?

FTC To Regulate Blogging
Source: FOXNews.com

     This an AP Story listed on Fox News.

Man lives in U.S. airports for 30 days, comes to Phoenix -
Source: ABC15.com - Phoenix News Headlines

Traveling for hours on a plane may be strenuous for some people, and sitting in an airport terminal for hours isn't usually something one looks forward to if they can avoid it.

Global Voices and Blog Action Day 2009
Source: globalvoicesonline.org

On October 15, bloggers from all over the world will get together to blog about climate change in one of the largest social change events on the web: the Blog Action Day.

Doing the Right Thing -- 5 Tech Pitfalls
Source: Switched

Remember, like the toilet paper dangling from a TP'd tree of yore, online insults and Net misbehavior can leave a trail of incriminating, rep ruining, and possibly career-ending evidence. Ignore at your own risk.

Copenhagen Climate Change Summit and sustainable living
Source: climatechange.thinkaboutit.eu

The Copenhagen Climate Change Summit raises critical issues for world governance, but we must also ask ourselves how we can make a difference. The thinkaboutit climate change conference offered ideas for how we can change government policies through more effective blogging.

Perceptions of Hatered and Racism

I was reading posts this am and ran across a tongue in cheek article about Racism,hatered,and politics.Of course there was the obligatory I am not a racist the other guy is ,yada yada..BS.

Is the Internet melting our brains?
Source: Salon.com

By now the arguments are familiar: Facebook is ruining our social relationships; Google is making us dumber; texting is destroying the English language as we know it.

Free Access Equals a Free Ride
Source: Delaware Voice

Reporters, academics, lawyers and the news industry are all weighing in on what many refer to as the news reporting crisis. But the blogging, Facebook-updating, Twitter-Tweeting generation is not so convinced that a flat line for printed newspapers is a crisis at all.

Is the basement blogger on the verge of extinction
Source: Inconsequential Logic

With all the recent negative press blogs have been getting are bloggers in jeopardy of censorship or even worse.

9 Things to Do To Make Sure Your Next Blog Post is Read by More than Your Mom
Source: ProBlogger Blog Tips

blogging how to be more effective at it !

WordPress Reloaded
Source: Web Designer Magazine

The WordPress phenomenon has taken the art of blogging to a global audience, and not without good reason.

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