If you’d like a copy of the presentation given by Julie Leung and myself at BlogHer, let me know. No commercial reuse, folks, otherwise, enjoy.

So, it’s over. And so many moments of it–many outside the planned events–were just so great. For me, the three flashpoints were the people–old friends and great new people the diversity–themes and attendees varied more widely than other conferences I’ve attended–and that added such richness the fact we did it This conference rocked! I suspect… Continue Reading

BlogHer was the best–and I took about 60 photos–now all on flickr. (I will organize them further when I have more time…)

“If we are to survive as a business dedicated to producing quality local news, information and dialogue, we need to move, too, with people and resources. But that means more than just re-creating the print product online. It means understanding the culture of the Internet, and of blogging in particular, and understanding how we can… Continue Reading

“My guiding principles in journalism are the usual ones. I believe in getting it right, being fair, shining lights on things that are hidden when they affect the public good, etc. But I have developed another guiding principle in the way I do this craft. My readers know more than I do. And if we… Continue Reading

I’m at BlogHer–the conference is swinging into gear with 300 folks crammed into the big meeting room and the sound of Kumbaya is faint above what’s turning into a down and dirty moment with a blogger in the audience who tells Halley Suitt “I asked you for a link and you didn’t link to me!”… Continue Reading

“There has been and there is a power shift going on: from the producers of media to the people formerly known as the audience. That’s what I like to call them, because they’re not really an audience anymore. And terms like “audience” and “consumer” and “viewer” and “reader”–which have become threaded into journalism–aren’t really that… Continue Reading

Trying to figure out Saturday dinner plans for Blogher–what are other conference attendees doing? Also thinking about post-party hanging out at my place…. If you are interested in a meet up at dinner or hanging out later in the night, let me know.

Serial entrepeneur and smart guy Seth Goldstein’s got a long and fascinating post about his new Attention Trust nonprofit and the market shifts and consumer behaviors that led to these ideas. Building off Michael Goldhaber and others, Seth defines attention as a valuable commodity and posits that we can manage it like other assets(I think).… Continue Reading

Yup, it was true- -release is on the wire now: AOL Working with Leading RSS Search Engine to Provide Fully Customizable Portal Page with Automatic Updates for RSS News and Content Feeds from across the Web Rafer quote: “AOL is one of the first to make RSS easy-to-use for mainstream Internet users. With My AOL… Continue Reading