Unintended blogsequences

Media Channel | May. 15, 2007 (Opinion)

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. -- Andy Rooney

Technorati, a search engine that tracks blogs on the "World Live Web," has some interesting numbers.

At the time of this writing, Technorati was tracking 80.3 million blogs, noting that there are over 175,000 new blogs -- just blogs -- every single day. To break it down even further, bloggers put up 1.6 ... Full Story »

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Topics: Blogs, Citizen Journalism
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Posted by: Posted by Dale Penn - May 15, 2007 - 11:28 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Dale Penn (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Leslie Griffith (review)
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Dale Penn
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 by Dale Penn - Oct. 1, 2008

This is worthy information for those of us who hope NewsTrust is that illusive "public common" referred to in the piece. Godwin's law and meme engineering are interesting concepts worth a look.

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

This opinion piece lacks a coherent argument, goes off on a tangent, and provides no evidence for some very bold claims.

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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008
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Leslie Griffith
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 by Leslie Griffith - Oct. 1, 2008
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