MetaFilter posts tagged with Blogging

Stephanie Aurora Clark Nielson returns from an almost fatal plane crash.

granted — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:16:47 -0800

On August 16, 2008, a small plane carrying a young married couple and their flight instructor crashed in the Arizona desert. Doug Kinneard, the instructor, was killed in the crash; Stephanie and Christian Nielson survived, both severely burned. Prior to the crash, Stephanie's weblog, the NieNie Dialogues, "had attracted a small but ardent following, thanks to its upbeat dispatches about marriage, home décor, entertaining and the art of raising four children ages 6 and younger." After the crash, with burns on over 80% of her body, she spent two months in a medically induced coma. One month later, she was released from the hospital (link to Stephanie's sister's blog); one month after that, she began blogging again. Stephanie's posts since then have chronicled her gradual recovery, her re-integration into her family, her love and gratitude for her husband, and, finally, on the one-year anniversary of the plane crash, herself. A note that Stephanie's Mormon faith is a prominent and recurring theme throughout her writing, so if that sort of thing bothers you...then you are going to be bothered.

BlogCrime

waraw — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:47:13 -0800

"Uh oh, They're here": A Washington Post editorial about Elisha Strom, who blogged about the Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement Task Force in northern Virginia with intensity and focus, displaying officers' photos, their cars, and in one now-gone entry, one officer's home. For this on July 16 she was arrested. Strom was jailed under a Virginia law that forbids publication of law-enforcement officers’ addresses or photographs with the “intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass.” Unemployed, she has been unable to post the $7,500 bond, and remains in jail until her next court date on September 17. Unfortunately, Elisha Strom and her estranged husband are perhaps not the role models that civil libertarians might prefer.

Blogosphere Big Bang

SpecialK — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:29:41 -0800

The Early Days of Blogging - Presented at the 2009 HyperText conference, this paper is an extensively cited and well-researched narrative of the blogosphere's formative period. It delves deep into the involvement of Jorn Barger, Dave Winer, and other A-list luminaries.

Saved By The Blog

grumblebee — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:00:43 -0800

The Girl Who Cried Webmaster: "I’m annoyed and exhausted, I have a considerable load of work to take care of, and after you’ve read what appears below, you’ll probably agree that I’ve earned it."

Retro discs like The White Stripes

mippy — Tue, 26 May 2009 09:09:10 -0800

"Field Middle School student Max Timander, 12, has taken blogging's egalitarian spirit to a new height, despite his lack thereof. He runs areyourockin.com, a reviewer-centric rock blog covering a smart mix of hot albums (the new Green Day "is so addicting," he says) and "retro" discs -- by early-'00s acts such as the White Stripes and David Gray." Right now, the site is streaming Glasvegas. He's also into Husker Du. I think he's totally the kind of kid I wished went to my school when I was his age.

I bet he gets all kinds of chicks

imperium — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:20:35 -0800

A short film about Andrew Gilligan and sock puppets. Prepared by Tim Ireland. I am not, nor have I ever been, Tim Ireland.

Building a blog you can be proud of

Brandon Blatcher — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:28:00 -0800

John Gruber of Daring Fireball:

"My friend Merlin Mann and I had a session at SXSW Interactive about two weeks ago. It certainly wasn’t a panel, and it wasn’t really a presentation. It was more like an hour-long duet rant, the main goal of which was to inspire anyone who wants to publish or write on the web to pursue their obsessions in a serious way. We got the audio recording of the session from SXSW a few days ago, recorded short intro and outro segments, and Merlin spliced it together and has published it on his 43 Folders podcast. I encourage you to go ahead and listen to it."

John Brattain, Baseball Blogger, RIP (1965-2009)

christopher.taylor — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:08:45 -0800

People die and different folk celebrate and mourn in various ways. However, while it does seem as if everyone is blogging about baseball and boxing or UFC during these times that try men's souls'... not everyone can write about it for the CTV network. John will be missed by both Blue Jay and Expo fans and perhaps fight fans as well. Please take a moment of your time to click on some links, thank you.

government weblogs

kliuless — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:32:08 -0800

The OMB has a blog (feed) -- Peter Orszag started one at CBO (still going under Douglas Elmendorf née Bob Sunshine) and carried blogging over to the White House. The Atlanta Fed has one too (not to be confused with Macro Man). David Altig unofficially began it as an economist at the Cleveland Fed and then, when he became research director in Atlanta, made it official (altho still hosted on TypePad). Are there any other (federal/state/local/non-US) worthwhile government blogs (wikis sure) out there from our shiny new iPod gov't? cf. DoD live (check out the other service blogs, e.g.)/air force live & USAgov on twitter

Wishful Blogging

crossoverman — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:44:47 -0800

"The biggest problem with the metal bikini, was that it wasn’t metal. ——Not that metal would’ve been an improvement over what it was actually made of, which was kind of a hard plastic. Whatever it was, it didn’t adhere to one’s skin. MY skin. My young, soon to be popular, unlucky skin. SO, when I was relaxing leisurely against Jabba the Hutt’s gigantic, albiet grotesque stomach, my hard, plastic bikini bottom……….well, it had the tendency to make my now not so private privates quite public. Especially for the actor standing behind Jabba playing Bobba Fett—–I believe his name was Jeremy—–from where Bobba/Jeremy stood, so straight and tall and severe behind his mask——to put it simply and weirdly, Jeremy could see beyond my yawning, plastic bikini bottoms all the way to Florida."

- Carrie Fisher goes from writing the occasional book to daily blogging, from substance abuse to abusing punctuation

Pajamas Media shutters blog network

verb — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:14:06 -0800

Launched with much fanfare in 2005, Pajamas Media planned to harness the distributed power of dedicated bloggers to challenge the traditional news media. On March 31st, their blogging network will shut down, along with the ad revenues it channeled to conservative commentators. With the collapse of the blog advertising market, they've decided to focus their energy on the PajamasTV video network and its exclusive correspondents.

How to make a newspaper out of blog entries

joeclark — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:03:51 -0800

How to make a newspaper out of blog entries. Ben Terrett and Russell Davies explain how they turned their friends’ (and strangers’) blog posts, Twits, and Flickr photos into the thousand-copy broadsheet Things Our Friends Have Written on the Internet 2008.

Air Flow

Artw — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:44:37 -0800

How to blog, or counter-blog, for the US Air force, in handy flow chart form.

JournalSpace: R.I.P.

GatorDavid — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:13:46 -0800

JournalSpace: R.I.P. [Sub-Titled: When is the last time you tested your backups?]

Best of Anthro 2008

homunculus — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:32:15 -0800

Neuroanthropology's Best of Anthropology Blogging 2008. [Via]

networking 2.0 - social media how-to tips and resources

nickyskye — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:04:09 -0800

How To Do Almost Anything With Social Media from Mashable. All kinds of practical tips and tons of useful link resources for personal or business uses. At the bottom of the page are additional links to things like 24 Most Underrated Websites of 2008 l How to Find a Babysitter Online l How to Find Your Way Around Any New City.

Terrorist attack in Mumbai

Astro Zombie — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:06:51 -0800

Massive coordinated terrorist attack in Mumbai. The news is pouring in, but not from traditional sources. The latest breaking news seems to be coming from Twitter, many from people on the scene. One local has been snapping photos, and Flickr just gave him a free three-month account to upload the images. Metroblogging in Mumbai has been updating the news as it comes in as well.

Michael Bérubé is back blogging

pasici — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:01:12 -0800

Michael Bérubé, professor of American Literature and Cultural Studies at Penn State, one of America's most dangerous professors, award winning blogger, author, and father of Jamie Bérubé, has started up his blog again. I, for one, welcome our new(ly) blogging (again) overlords. previously

An environmental movement for the Internet ecosystem

parmanparman — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:39:05 -0800

Time Capsule: the internet and E-democracy. “Peoples’ lives now are as dependent on the Internet as they are on the basics like roads, energy supplies and running water. We can no longer take that for granted and we must advocate for the Internet politically, and support its vitality personally.” - Susan Crawford, University of Michigan School of Law. In recognition and memory of the beginning and continuation of the political internet, they have organized a Time Capsule of e-democracy's beginnings - everything from using e-mail to plead your friends to vote to flash animations that set the web alight. It is to be sealed on September 22. Help tell the story of internet politics.

No pictures, please.

liketitanic — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:23:05 -0800

Photographer Thomas Hawk may or may not have run afoul of SFMOMA's photo policy and was forcibly ejected from the museum by its Director of Visitor Services. Hawk blogged the incident extensively, encouraging readers to publicize his grievance through social networking. Now two conversations are going on: how photographers' rights are restricted in an age of paranoid security, and whether what some call online character assassination by someone influential is okay.

Too much TMI?

Forktine — Thu, 22 May 2008 06:57:49 -0800

Living the life observed, or the life exposed? Emily Gould (formerly of Gawker) writes about the impact her blogging, and exposure on the internet, has had on her life. (NYTimes, registration or use of bugmenot possibly required.)

Martha's Daughters

rumposinc — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:59:33 -0800

A supportive blogging community of mainly women cross-linked on each other's blogrolls and leading an increasingly compelling marketplace of small-scale goods and handmade lives , green-living ideas , product promotion , and lifestyle-making suggest that the internet may be able to foster a localized economy model of living on an international scale--or at least gain the attention of that other idyllic-life icon. These artists, crafters, makers, photographers, and writers are promoting each other , and what they promote gets attention (check out the number of comments). There have been recent discussions about "mommy blogging" and craft/design blogs before, but these blogs also reveal the discussions these women are having with each other. These are great "curl up with the laptop and a cup of tea" blogs, and I've not linked to the half of them, so please investigate these bloggers' blogrolls. (first fpp! phew!)

Woeser

homunculus — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:05:29 -0800

A Lone Tibetan Voice, Intent on Speaking Out. Woeser (previously mentioned here) is a Tibetan writer and poet living under house arrest in Beijing, from where she blogs about the recent unrest in Tibet (there are English translations of her posts at China Digital Times). Last year she was awarded the Norwegian Authors Union Freedom of Expression Prize, but she was not allowed to travel to Oslo to collect the prize.

Blogging May Cost You Your Life

doug3505 — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:03:48 -0800

Blogging May Cost You Your Life NY Times discusses the possible "death by blogging" of two prominent Tech Bloggers, Russell Shaw and Marc Orchant, Blognation. A third, Om Malik of gigaom.com, 41, survived a heart attack in December. I am thinking twice about my late night posts.

Turning writing into a conversation

chuckdarwin — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:18:29 -0800

How To Disagree