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Thank you!

Jody DeVere -- Ask Patty — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:10:45 -0500

Really appreciate the mention!

Thanks for the linky love!

Jody DeVere
President
www.askpatty.com
www.carblabber.com

thanks, virginia!

lizfrithtx — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:41:01 -0500

I really appreciate the mention - hopefully you had a chance to check out The National? They are one of the best bands out there (and are woefully under-recognized in the mainstream music scene). Start with tracks like "Ada," "Fake Empire," or "Geese of Beverly Road."

And now I am curious about Catherine Russell! Thx for the recco, Virginia.

Interesting....

Candelaria Silva — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:21:14 -0500

Thanks.

blog.candelariasilva.com

Good and plenty!

Have Fun * Do Good

Britt Bravo — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:53:23 -0500

Thanks for the shout out for Have Fun * Do Good!

BlogHer Contributing Editor, Britt Bravo, also blogs at Have Fun * Do Good, and NetSquared

An interesting post that relates to our discussion

Kim Pearson — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:28:35 -0500

Liza Sabater wrote about some of the technical challenges she faced blogging the DNC last week, and how the need for sophisticated equipment and broadband access creates barriers for citizen journalists. An excerpt:

Citizen journalism as in on-the-ground reporting and blogging is just
not democratic and easy for the masses. We're so not there yet.

Kim
BlogHer Contributing Editor|Professor Kim|

It does make sense, and not only that...

Kim Pearson — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:13:09 -0500

There's a new print on demand service for magazines that might be a model for the kind of thing you are talking about, called MagCloud. A publisher uploads a .pdf of a magazine, and subscribers can buy individual articles, or whole issues for a set rate. It will be interesting to see how it develops.

Kim
BlogHer Contributing Editor|Professor Kim|

I don't know who nominated me...

Maria0305 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:54:41 -0500

but I'm grateful for it! Like Liz, I recieved the news from someone who had voted for me. I could so use that $250 so I've got no shame in hoping I win!! :)

I agree with Pam though, it's a bit intimidating and also seems unfair that we're up against large commercial and community sites.

Oh and my blog name is a play on my real name being Maria Del Rosario, as I was named after the Virgin Mary. :)

- Maria

http://immoralmatriarch.com

I'll admit it.

Liz Rizzo — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:50:11 -0500

I'm tickled.

When peeps were emailing about it, I never guessed that my blog would be listed. Maybe I got an email from Divine Caroline, and I missed it? Anyway, it's always nice to be nominated, as they say. :)

Liz Rizzo

I blog at Everyday Goddess.

I question the big sites, too.

Virginia DeBolt — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:57:02 -0500

For example, Huffington Post. It seems to me this should be about the little guys, not the people who already have a billion readers.

Virginia DeBolt
BlogHer Technology Contributing Editor
Web Teacher
First 50 Words

Thanks for the Mention

Pam — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:30:39 -0500

Hey Virginia,

Thanks for mentioning Nerd's Eye View. I was nominated by the site's founders and while on the one hand, I'm really flattered, on the other hand, I don't like that populatirty is the method chosed to pick the winners.

Divine Caroline is doing an "editor's choice" award run too, so it's
nice to know there will be winners who were chose not just because they
were able to get the highest number of clicks.

Also, there are some large network sites in there and I don't understand who gets the prize money when a large network wins - plus, don't they have the edge in populatiry by being networks,rather than individual sites? Does it makes sense to put a site like Budget Travel up against, um, me? Isn't that apples and oranges? I'm an individual blogger, Budget Travel is an established print mag with a full blown website.

I blogged about my selection here:

http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/08/28/im-good-enough-im-smart-enou...

...if you're curious.

Pam

Nerd's Eye View

We need more news and blogs not less

Candelaria Silva — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:14:43 -0500

first of all - I love this discussion. It feeds my soul and mind!

I learn so much from you all. Kim, you're brilliant.

I wrote a post a few months ago called "Why I Still Read the Paper-Paper: because I love newspapers as much as I love blogs.

I, for one, would pay an extra fee (a nominal one) to forward newspaper articles. I think this could be a source of revenue. I've also thought that newspapers should expand their advertising to be affordable for smaller arts groups and non-profits. I've always thought that if they would broaden their base rather than keep doing what they've always done, they could weather this changing informational age.

The think it is important to have places where we have the range of information that a newspaper generally brings rather than the concentrated viewpoint and information that many blogs keep to.

We must have general news and culture as well as specific news and culture. If that makes sense.

blog.candelariasilva.com

Good and plenty!

Thanks Virginia

kazari — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:42:34 -0500

I think that's what I need to hear. I'm just puzzled my my urge to make it public.

So what

Virginia DeBolt — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:52:03 -0500

isn't so bad. I've always written for myself, filling notebooks, scrapbooks, hard drives, and letters with stuff that really no one cared about but me.

My blogs are like that, too. If someone reads it, swell, but I need to write, I need to say what I have to say. Verbally, I'm a twit. I have to write to think.

So just get out of your own way and say what you have to say. Write on.

Virginia DeBolt
BlogHer Technology Contributing Editor
Web Teacher
First 50 Words

We'll agree on that as well. :)

nelle2nelle — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:43:59 -0500

My background is 20th century European history, and I fell right in the further hole, without thinking.

Education is one thing where I see no limits, no excess. Further education is always a good thing, no matter if formal or life experience. Show me a problem, the solutions will be found through education. And that's one element we as a society so often fall short on. We talk about things like defence of the realm, failing to see that in a technological age, defence is tied right to educating the populace, a strong educational system.

We talk on the economy, there it is again. And on and on and on.

While I've seriously digressed as per usual, I see ability to share thoughts and information in the same light. What becomes more critical are skills to discern what is worthy information and what is not. And really, that is a skill that we should be making use of with any and all information, setting aside the intended direction of the author's comments.

nelle

llhaesa

You're welcome! And Nelle we agree

Kim Pearson — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:27:19 -0500

You know I love any conversation that encourages more appreciation for history! ;-D

And yes, the antidote to uninformed conversation is more informed conversation. Nothing disinfects better than sunlight.

Kim
BlogHer Contributing Editor|Professor Kim|