tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post112443805611757458..comments2023-05-13T02:24:42.139-07:00Comments on Stones In the Field: Blogger CYAMachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846076773328384778noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1124639963761990232005-08-21T08:59:00.000-07:002005-08-21T08:59:00.000-07:00There's def. more to the nanny blogging story than...There's def. more to the nanny blogging story than meets the eye... and I think it's important to generate intelligent conversation about this kind of stuff in the blogosphere and not to just chime in with how msm interpretes the blogosphere. Too many of the "top" people, who are in some way connected to msm, are not looking for the story underneath because they either don't have the time or are feeding other machines. It's up to us fleas in the Technorati tail to do the speculating and spelunking.Tish Grierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1124559033032635672005-08-20T10:30:00.000-07:002005-08-20T10:30:00.000-07:00Tish--I agree, to an extent, that the recent uproa...Tish--I agree, to an extent, that the recent uproar about getting fired for blogging is more complex than presented, in many instances.<BR/><BR/>The more I pull on individual threads of these stories, the more other circumstances tend to come to light. In the case of the Nanny storie of a few weeks ago, for example, frankly I thought the employers sounded like a frigging nightmare, to begin with.<BR/><BR/>If the nanny hadn't been blogging, they'd have found some other reason to fire her.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846076773328384778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1124552123420195882005-08-20T08:35:00.000-07:002005-08-20T08:35:00.000-07:00hmmm....I want to challenge people on the percepti...hmmm....I want to challenge people on the perception of *so many* getting fired for blogging...<BR/><BR/>recently in the NY publishing game, a young woman wrote an "anonymous" blog titled Jolie in NYC. In this blog she dished about what it is to be a young assoc. editor for a big magazine's beauty department. She whined about wanting her "dream job"...and, strangely, she was "fired for blogging" just on the eve of getting her dream job...<BR/><BR/>But the poor thing was on FoxNews and several other news shows the next day, had her press agent's information on her blog in the New York minute after her outing, and now has a book deal.<BR/><BR/>Strategic blogging to get fired to get the big book deal. I saw how this girl maniuplated the system to get what she really wanted--not the dream job in beauty editing, but the dream job book deal. <BR/><BR/>What I always say is "don't believe the hype" when it comes to all this crap about how so many people are being fired and so many people this or that. What we may be seeing is people sadly trying to use blogging like it's a lottery and their blog will be the Next Big Thing.<BR/><BR/>As for what the Chronicle of Higher Education says--well, it shows they, too, are buying the hype around blogging. It has also been posited by Robin Good that blogs should be used to judge a writer/journalist's credibility. When the medium itself is shifting and going thru all sorts of changes and phases, and only 6$% of the pop does it, to use blogging as a guage of any sort of credibility is very premature.<BR/><BR/>Also, always re-consider anyting said by a search engine such as Technorati. All the various search engines are competing for popularity and fear their own extinction, so they, too will bang the drums of sensationalism just to get people stirred up. The best info is from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The rest is just promo.Tish Grierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1124517630667593002005-08-19T23:00:00.000-07:002005-08-19T23:00:00.000-07:00Yep, I listen to NPR on our local public radio sta...Yep, I listen to NPR on our local public radio station KQED. I like to keep people wondering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1124512848927170122005-08-19T21:40:00.000-07:002005-08-19T21:40:00.000-07:00I heard that, Dawno--but are you seriously asking ...I heard that, Dawno--but are you seriously asking me to believe you're both a conservative AND you listen to NPR?Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846076773328384778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1124501327070439612005-08-19T18:28:00.000-07:002005-08-19T18:28:00.000-07:00I hope I live up to standards as a reasonable, int...I hope I live up to standards as a reasonable, intelligent, and sane conservative. :-)<BR/><BR/>Anyone hear the NPR piece on All Things Considered about the High School that got rid of textbooks and replaced them with laptops?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1124496415224553672005-08-19T17:06:00.000-07:002005-08-19T17:06:00.000-07:00UPI reported that the FBI was monitoring the web d...<A HREF="http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050718-10295600-bc-us-civilrights.xml" REL="nofollow">UPI</A> reported that the FBI was monitoring the web during the election season. Now, I don't mind almost anything law enforcement does to get the bad guys (as long as it's not an unjustified invasion of privacy - that's what search subpoenas are supposed to be for) but who are the bad guys? The FBI has historically had a hard time figuring that out, haven't they? Monitoring web content? Well, it's out there. It's public. It's really no different than if they wanted to watch what you were doing walking down the street. But, can they do anything to you if you haven't broken any crimes?Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592405636501952302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1124494817513264662005-08-19T16:40:00.000-07:002005-08-19T16:40:00.000-07:00Dawno--it's a good link, and that's how the blogos...Dawno--it's a good link, and that's how the blogosphere is <I>supposed</I> to work. :)<BR/><BR/>Shameless plug: Unlocked Wordhoard's <A HREF="http://unlocked-wordhoard.blogspot.com/2005/06/hwaet-first-post-is-i-suppose-place-to.html" REL="nofollow">first post</A> is a sort of statement of intent, and a general reclaiming of the idea of the role and responsibilities of the public intellectual, worth reading and thinking about for bloggers.<BR/><BR/>While I could wish the good Dr. Nokes was a bit more of a flaming lefty, I find myself oddly elated that there <I>are</I> reasonable, intelligent, and sane conservatives out there. At the same time, it really is not a political blog.<BR/><BR/>The cat thing? Heh...<BR/><BR/>Lisa, it's absolutely marvelous that you store this stuff online and share it--thank you! It's rather like being given the keys to your fabulous brain.<BR/><BR/>I hadn't seen the <I>Higher Education</I> articles. I must go and read them, and roll my eyes for a while...Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846076773328384778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1124488288474541572005-08-19T14:51:00.000-07:002005-08-19T14:51:00.000-07:00In my Sekrit Identity as an IT-for-instructional-p...In my Sekrit Identity as an IT-for-instructional-purposes pro, I've been following the blogging and employment stuff for a while. My personal favorite idiotic statement about it is the one from a month or so ago in the <I>Chronicle of Higher Education</I>, which said don't blog if you want a job teaching in higher ed, and then, about two weeks later, another article in the same publication said "blog about your scholarly book."<BR/><BR/>You can see my collection of links about <A HREF="http://del.icio.us/medievalist/FiredForBlogging" REL="nofollow">fired for blogging</A> and my other collection of links about <A HREF="" REL="nofollow">blogging policies</A>; I think they need to be considered in a shared context.<BR/><BR/>And yes, it scares me to see how much we, increasingly, have in common with countries I used to feel a great deal of compassion for because they couldn't even contemplate public statements about, well, much of anything.Lisa Spangenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00916288400544629723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1124472848353867382005-08-19T10:34:00.000-07:002005-08-19T10:34:00.000-07:00sorry about the serial posting here but I went ove...sorry about the serial posting here but I went over to Prof. Nokes blog and this quote "For example, I really, really hate when people post pictures of their cats on the internet. You post a cat, and I will probably both delete the cat and make insulting comments about its appearance."<BR/><BR/>I got a really good laugh out of that. Anyone who frequents AbsoluteWrite might have seen my avatar...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1124460174141130322005-08-19T07:02:00.000-07:002005-08-19T07:02:00.000-07:00Thanks for spreading the word! Although I go on a ...Thanks for spreading the word! Although I go on a tangent from it in my musings about blogging and First Amendment rights erosion using as an example the issue of employers and employees, the reality that bloggers in authoritarian states are in real danger of prison or bodily harm is what CPB is all about and it's a worthy cause.<BR/><BR/>p.s. I bought Sil back in the '70's and still haven't finished it...one of the miniscule number of books I can say that about. The blogosphere may now flame on...*shrug*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com