Posts Tagged nv08
My New Favorite Wordpress Plugin
Posted by admin in entrepreneurs on March 20th, 2008
At NothernVoice last month, Mark Lise and I led an unconference session on “PowerBlogging“, which was intended to be an open discussion of everyone’s favorite tips and tricks. While I think we fell a little short on actionable content, everyone in the room got a great feeling about the level of expertise available to them (surprisingly HIGH) in the Canadian Blogging community. Here were some of the big surprises:
- In a room of around 50 people, more than 3 had written their own plugins
- More than 5 were pro-bloggers
- Over half had customized their themes
- More than 10 wrote their OWN themes from scratch
- NO one agreed on the most important Wordpress Plugin
Live Blogging from MooseCamp – Part Deux
Posted by admin in entrepreneurs on February 22nd, 2008
Citizen Journalism with CBC:
Key Takeaways:
- What does the citizen get out of it?
- Who participates?
- Why is CBC doing it? What are they getting out of it?
- CBC doesn’t give credit, except for photos. No link love.
- CBC asks for what they want – on air, and online.
Live Blogging from MooseCamp 2008 – Northern Voice
Posted by admin in entrepreneurs on February 22nd, 2008
Sitting in the “Blogging for Political Activism” session right now – kicked off as a doctoral thesis project by the speaker, M. Kathleen Milberry
The Progressive Economics Forum – Chief Economist / Blogger, Andrew Jackson. Marc Lee. So far just talking simple technology of setting up blogs – DreamHost, picking a theme, getting a domain name. Nothing specific about motivating activism yet.
Extent of “ripple effect” is limited to Technorati, and promotion to”Progressive Bloggers“.
700-1000 page views per day avg.
Intersections with Mainstream media – “A number of times when I’ve made a post, have led to mainstream media contacting for an interview. It just happened, not promoted. No mediaroom section on the blog.”
If you want media coverage of your blog, put that all in the mediaroom. Make it easier to capture.
Watch the Comments on the posts (via RSS, etc.), sometimes the first comment can derail the whole thread.
The DMCA is being used to shutdown dissenting voices in the US. Hosting companies will generally shut down the blog first, ask questions later.
TAKEAWAY: Use a Canadian web host to avoid the DMCA, or try:
What about using Reddit/Digg for collecting Canadian political content? Try using the Canadian Reddit section.
