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The Blogs On Cheney’s Shooting

Posted on December 18, 2011 by admin

Left-leaning blogs have been fairly unanimous in condemning DIck Cheney, Scott McClellan and other Bush administration officials for their handling of the Harry Whittington shooting. Right-leaning blogs have revealed a split in the conservative forces between those who support the assertion that this is Whittington’s fault that he got shot and Cheney has nothing to apologize for versus those who, at a minimum, express concern with the Bush administration’s handling of the matter with others speculating on the potential impact on the GOP and Continue reading →

Blog Aggregation

Posted on December 18, 2011 by admin

Here at IDI, we are taking careful note of the trend of building blog advertising networks in an effort to make blogs more attractive to businesses. Nick Denton and Gawker Media is one of the pioneers in aggregation with five sites in June 2004 and 14 today (including Wonkette, Defamer, Gizmodo and Gridskipper).

However, though there is a network, advertising with Gawker Media is geared more toward the individual site in the Continue reading →

Posted in Recent Trends | Tagged advertising, Aggregation, Blog, Blog Aggregation, Blogs, blogs themselves, blogstorm, Defamer, Gizmodo, Gridskipper, Here at IDI, including Wonkette, mini-networks, network, nevertheless, Pajamas Media, themselves | Leave a comment

You Talking to Me?

Posted on December 18, 2011 by admin

Websites and blogs often encourage readers to sign up, post comments, and participate in other ways. It has traditionally been done through text. You see a line at the top or bottom of the page, with a link.

But here is a twist. Forward Together, the blog of former Virginia governor Mark Warner, has a dynamic new way of getting a reader’s attention. When you arrive at the blog, a quick video of Warner appears. Its not a pop-up or a file that has to load. He’s right there, and Continue reading →

Posted in Recent Trends | Tagged 3-D image, blogging, Forward, incorporate, multimedia, political, political purposes, purposes, reader’s attention, Talking, the blog, to Me, Together, You Talking to Me? | Leave a comment

Why Johnny Can’t Brand: “Action is Branding”

Posted on December 18, 2011 by admin

“Too many folks think “branding” is what airlines do when they repaint the planes every few years, or what banks do when they refresh all the signage in their lobbies and reengineer their logos,” write Bill Schley and Carl Nichols, Jr. (partners at david, inc., an international brand consulting firm), in Chapter Two of “Why Johnny Can’t Brand: Rediscovering the Lost Art of the Big Idea.”

“In the airlines’ case, they spend millions to Continue reading →

Posted in BR Blog | Tagged Action, Action is Branding, Action is character, adjustments, Branding, Can’t Brand, character, in this case, marke, material, physical, pictures, product, service, too, Why Johnny, Why Johnny Can’t Brand | Leave a comment

Icon tact

Posted on December 18, 2011 by admin

Mike Evans book, The Final Move Beyond Iraq: The Final Solution While the World Sleeps, is a very well detailed and historically accurate review of key points in the past 50 years that have led to the current struggle with Islamic Terrorism and the dangers we as Americans face here at home.

It has some obvious political leanings, but read it for the Continue reading →

Posted in Blogger Relations | Tagged America, America would, Beyond Iraq, book, consumption, leanings, Mike Evans, Mike Evans book, non-military, political, political leanings, public, public consumption, The Final Move, The Final Move Beyond Iraq:, would | Leave a comment

Shane Claiborne’s Community Fire

Posted on December 18, 2011 by admin

This morning, a 7-alarm fire consumed an abandoned warehouse in our Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia. The Simple Way Community Center at 3200 Potter Street was destroyed as well as at least eight of our neighbors’ homes. Over 100 people were evacuated from their homes, and 400 families are currently without power. Despite this developing tragedy, we are incredibly thankful to share that all of our community members and every one of our neighbors is safely out of harm’s way.

This fire will forever change the Continue reading →

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Are Blog Comments Worth the Hassle?

Posted on December 18, 2011 by admin

As prominent blogger Steve Rubel notes, two high-traffic blogs — Blog Maverick and Seth Godin’s Blog — have disabled the comments feature on their sites. According to Mark Cuban, author of Blog Maverick, comments have “devolved to the point where they add no value.” And while Seth Godin thinks “comments are terrific,” he has decided that they don’t work for him. He does not have the time to review and respond to them and he anticipates that his writing may change over time as he anticipates the responses he will get from his readers.

Certainly, comments can be Continue reading →

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One of My Gym Playlists

Posted on December 18, 2011 by admin

I tend to have a lot of people asking me what music I am currently listening to. Lately I have been listening to a lot of podcasts, but musically, it’s a great season of new hotness. Here is one of my playlists I rock when at the gym.

Supermassive Black Hole- Muse

Kaliforn-Eye-A- P.O.D.

Chaos- MuteMath Continue reading →

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New Vblog Up

Posted on December 18, 2011 by admin

Vblog up

Hello… a right old rambling of me trying to get across various things and actually looking back on it not playing you very much music er… anyway…I mostly re-visited Tidal and I absolutely love it now. Swoon sneak peak.. and whizzy BBD thing… I did a lot more than that.. but yeah. Got the beginnings of a new track down. It’s gonna be all a cappella (apart from a few birds and possible fire cracklings).

Listen to Mic Check for reference on type of Continue reading →

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Can I Post This Picture?

Posted on December 18, 2011 by admin

I attended an interesting panel at last week’s Internet Caucus State of the Net conference. The speakers examined the growth of blogging and “self publishing” and the different means for spreading messages via the blogosphere, including vlogs. Internet Caucus has video of some of the conference events, but unfortunately not this particular session yet.

The key issue of copyright in the blogosphere was discussed. While no one is suggesting that blog content be regulated by Congress or the FCC, there are some questions about the proper use of materials. In the blogosphere, every Continue reading →

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The Blogs On Cheney’s Shooting

Blog Aggregation

You Talking to Me?

Why Johnny Can’t Brand: “Action is Branding”

Icon tact

Shane Claiborne’s Community Fire

Are Blog Comments Worth the Hassle?

One of My Gym Playlists

New Vblog Up

Can I Post This Picture?

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