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I found two articles (here and here) at Yahoo! News reporting on a new change in the Microsoft blogging policy.  The big story is that Microsoft is finally bowing to pressure from its own employees after rashly censoring a Chinese blogger, and has edited its blog policy in response to the desires of the Chinese [...]

Tune in to The Today Show on NBC this Wednesday, February 1st!  At least from 7:15 to maybe 7:30 am, that is - it’s when Know More Media writer George Parker is scheduled to make an appearance to discuss the effect of the Web on newspaper advertising.  I’ll be up early to watch it, and [...]

Businesses looking for an easy way to publish audio might consider Odeo.Odeo is a new, free audio recording and sharing tool that you can access online.  I set up a phone posting account and played around with it for a few minutes this morning.  The sound quality is phone, not CD, but that’s okay.  I’m [...]

So I found out that McDonald’s now has a corporate blog called "Open for Discussion." The about page tells us that the blog’s author is Bob Langert, the company’s Senior Director for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).  He says, "We want to open our doors to corporate social responsibility (CSR) at McDonald’s–to share what we’re doing [...]

Naked Conversations, a new book about business blogging by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel, is finally on its way to me.  (I ordered that sucker like two months ago!)
As soon as I get it I’ll tear through it and let you know what I think of it.  Prediction: It’ll be good.  (Better than Jeremy Wright’s [...]

The folks at BizNicheMedia have come up with an interesting little idea that has gotten a lot of attention in the blogosphere today.  Here’s their link bait contest idea, in their own words:
"The problem is, we want some exposure for our blogs/network. But we’re too lazy and uncreative to think of good link bait ideas. [...]

Jim Turner told me the other day about a floating blog conference he and some others are putting together this October.  Here are the details:
What: Blogonomics Blog Cruise 2006Why: "Presentations on blog strategy, … practical tips and tactics, [answers to] the tough questions, and … business blog success stories. There will be numerous networking [...]

I recently asked Dave Coustan, resident Earthlink corporate blog author, a few questions about his job. The conversation began as a seed when I recently posted about the new Earthlink blog, smartly titled "Earthling."  Jerry Grasso, the Earthlink director of corporate communications, quickly commented at that post and set up a question-and-answer exchange between me [...]

I enjoyed blogging at the University Private Equity Summit yesterday with Tim Stay.  I had a few thoughts on conference blogging as I sat there and typed like mad, occasionally getting up to shoot photos.
1. It helps to have at least two people to cover things with text, audio, and video.  The more, the merrier.  [...]

Good morning!  Today I will be liveblogging the University Private Equity Summit 2006 alongside Tim Stay (co-founder of Know More Media).  It’s going to be fun, and I’ll share my experiences here later.  Hop on over to VCSmart (VC = Venture Capital) to read all about the proceedings.  Now I need to go get dressed [...]