What are you doing online? Blogging and politics series continues…
Part two of the Zero Coordinate and EccentricProduction Web documentary series on blogging and political media is now posted. Have a look.
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Are progressive bloggers prepared to lead?
Several times in recent years I have said that while I’m certainly and unapologetically a progressive, I’m in no way, shape or form the kind of conventional “liberal” that a lot of people think I am. My views on a variety of issues simply don’t map onto our brain-dead, one-dimensional notion of “left” vs. “right,” and even the slightly more
Read moreWhere Are You Online?: Episode 1 – Political Media
Back during the DNC S&R hooked up with the team from Zero Coordinate and EccentricProduction on the Tent State march and our interview with Lee Camp. Natalie, Paul and Chris were in town primarily to work on a documentary – a production I’ve been waiting on pretty anxiously. Part 1 arrived today, and it provides a perspective on the process
Read moreArtSunday: the nonlinearity of influence
“I’m interested in what motivates you, and how you understand the world.” He glanced sideways at her. “Rausch tells me you’ve written about music.” “Sixties garage bands. I started writing about them when I was still in the Curfew.””Were they an inspiration?” She was watching a fourteen-inch display on the Maybach’s dash, the red cursor that was the car proceeding
Read moreTunesDay: S&Recommends Lucky Soul (and a few others)
A guy on one of my music lists posted a question this morning: what’s everybody digging from eMusic these days? Wow – it’s like he knew it was TunesDay and wanted to set me up for another round of S&Recommends, huh? Well, I don’t need a lot of prodding, so here you go. I’ve mentioned a couple of these before,
Read moreBlogger’s Choice Awards: Vote for S&R!
In the column to the left you’ll see that we have once again been nominated for a Blogger’s Choice Award. Last year we were voted in the top 20 among political blogs, and hope to at least match that again this year. If you’d like to help us, here’s what to do: Click on that badge (or the badge you
Read moreHas Obama dug a hole that he can’t climb out of?
Well, well, well…. There’s been a spurt of 527 activity on behalf of Sen. John McCain, but Barack Obama campaign has suddenly gone silent on the subject.That’s because, after of year of telling donors not to contribute to 527 groups, of encouraging strategists not to form them and of suggesting that outside messaging efforts would not be welcome in Obama’s
Read moreWhat’s that? An advertisement?! (Scholars & Rogues sells out…)
Long-time readers know that S&R has always scrupulously avoided money, and we’ve done so for lots of reasons. However, lately some realities have begun asserting themselves. When you have a certain degree of success in this game you reach a point where it starts costing more money, mainly for the bandwidth and security required to handle a growing readership. If
Read moreCNN Radio interview
And away we go. I just did an interview with Brendan Gage of CNN Radio, so you’ll be able to hear my voice emanating from a radio near you starting here in about an hour. The reporter asked me about the role and impact of blogs and what we at S&R hope to accomplish in the coming days, and I
Read moreDealing with reporters? How to avoid getting Sandeeped
The left blogogentsia is all blowed up this afternoon over the story Martin wrote about earlier today. Since that post, more info has come to light that makes Sandeep Kaushik, the campaign spokesman in question, look considerably less guilty and that makes the cub reporter in training look like somebody who walked into the room knowing what story he was
Read moreUpon reflection: was I too hard on The Blog Council?
Last week I joined a legion of business bloggers in poleaxing the shizizzle out of a self-satisfied new project called The Blog Council. Josh Catone of Read/WriteWeb stomped them. Dave Taylor, who’s probably forgotten more about blogging than the entire council put together knows, took them to school. Robert Scoble – another guy who knows a thing or two about
Read moreS&R’s Edmundo Rocha awarded Silver Star by Texas Progressive Alliance
Scholars & Rogues has enjoyed some collective recognition in its brief history, and now one of our writers has been singled out for individual acclaim. Major props to Edmundo Rocha, whose Silver Star nod from the Texas Progressive Alliance is extremely well-deserved.
Read moreA great new how-not-to resource for business bloggers
When a new innovation comes along, corporations typically follow a predictable arc. First there’s the “Ignore It” phase. Then, once it becomes clear that it’s actually important, they dive into the “Getting It All Wrong” phase. The first step in Getting It All Wrong is “pretend that the new thing works like all the old things.” Eventually they get past
Read moreBlogging USA: Thinkworld vs. Shoutworld
This article originally appeared in the Shoptalk section of the Editor & Publisher online edition. — High hopes for the watchdogs in the blogosphere during Campaign 2004 were only partly realized, as consumers strapped on their blinders and hung a fast left or right, looking for a witty putdown they might agree with. (November 13, 2004) — Expectations were high
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