Light personal blogging

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My personal posting has decreased as work on Philly Future has increased. I’ve been expecting that to occur sooner or later. Apologies. We’ll see what happens as more help comes on board (help – editors and fellow developers wanted!).

There’s lots of interesting things going on in the world.

Later this weekend I’ll be sure to do some kind of link dump 😉

Making news…

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Almost a double post of what I put here earlier… except I document a few people and organizations I’ve been contacting.

Remember – there is never any harm in asking for advice. That is, of course, if you happen to ask advice from someone that means you some kind of ill. And then there’s rejection… which sucks…

But nothing, absolutely nothing – is worst than not trying.

You gotta keep on knocking on doors.

Blogger Activists/Pundits – Paid Off

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Zephyr Teachout admits to a Dean campain practice: paying off bloggers “to ensure that they said positive things about Dean”.

There is a tremendous difference between this and the Williams situation: one was paid off with tax payer dollars, the others were paid off to be part of a campaign they clearly believed in, with campaign funds. One was illegal. One was not. One did not make disclosures. The others did.

Jeff Jarvis raises many questions that are worth discussing.

Being paid to do what you love is no wrong thing. In fact – that’s the right idea if you ask me. But can you trust a pundit/journalist who is being paid by some entity to faithfully report about that same entity? That’s tough. Sometimes getting paid helps you become an expert in your field. At other times – it leaves you nothing more than a paid hack.

The question has come up many times before. The way Dan Gillmor has handled this in the past has always impressed me.

Similarly, you rarely hear me mention Comcast, Philly.com, KRD, or any of my previous employers because you can’t trust what I say about them 100%.

More at EdCone.com and rc3.org.

Official: U.S. ends search for WMD in Iraq

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The search (has) ended almost two years after President Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq, citing concerns that Saddam Hussein was building weapons of mass destruction and may have hidden weapons stockpiles


CNN: Official: U.S. ends search for WMD in Iraq: 1/12/04

Prediction: Tomorrow Rummy will say that the search continues and this is all part of us handing off responsibility to the Iraq government.

Don’t just read the news, make it

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…If you remember the old six degrees phenomena, anyone is 6 hops or less away from you. In the age of email and social software, I bet it’s more like 4 hops or less (Margret was 2 hops away). If there’s a lesson for other webloggers here, it’s this: if there’s something you’ve always wanted to ask one of your idols or you have an idea for an interview you’d like to see, there’s nothing stopping you from tracking the right person down and getting the answers you wanted. I urge you to give it a try someday.

A Whole Lotta Nothing: Don’t just read the news, make it: 12/8/04

Truer words have never been spoken. These past few weeks I have reached out and have gotten terrific advice and feedback on all sorts of different things. Be brave folks. The only thing you have to fear is a little rejection right?

Thanks to Bill for sending this along. I’ve really taken this to heart.