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Blogging as Journalism and other modern myths

I’m not sure if webloggers buy into the whole “weblogging as a new and better form of Journalism” because they truly see themselves in this light, or because they seek some form of justification for all the time they spend weblogging. People can call themselves whatever they want in their weblogs; their space, their place. […]

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Essential Blogging book

Weblog postings about the Essential Blogging book I’ve been discovering. Denise noted: Help them make the book rock (it already does), and read Rael Dornfest’s open invitation to submit your stories and tips for possible inclusion in the”Blogging Voices” chapter, still in progress. And Ed had some good points about comparative material, including: where are the charts […]

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Literature through the ages

This also from *Jonathon: Norwegian Book ClubsTop 100 books of all time I was pleased and frankly astonished to realize how many of the books on this list I’ve read. I don’t consider myself one of the more literate members of my virtual weblogging neighborhood. I read constantly, but I don’t seem to read the […]

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More voices on moral clarity

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Two new voices raised on the issue of Moral Clarity: Kath writes: My friend claims that my demanding of my rights violates his right to what he values most – his safety. I claim that living life is a risk. You could get hit by bus while crossing the street. You […]

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Dave Winer’s ‘help’ with book

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Wow. Generosity itself. Dave wants to try and “salvage” O’Reilly’s weblogging book, by putting together his own mailing list rather than let O’Reilly go through the usual editing process. According to the intro page at the list, Dave writes: I was hoping this book would start like the WebMonkey survey of blogging software and […]