Beam Me Up, Mr. Mayor!
Mayor/Governor Moonbeam (Jerry Brown) has started a blog. The Christian Science Monitor examines what this means.
(Thanks to Jim Horton for pointing out this story.)
cgm: CGM, Blogs, and Politics Much of the innovation we’re seeing in the use and spread of consumer-generated media (CGM) draws from the political blog space. (tags: Blogs OnlinePolitics) Over 100M Blogs Served (tags: Blogs) How To Instantly Get Onto Newsweek’s And The Washington Post’s Website (tags: Blogs PR)
Well, 2008 has certainly been an eventful year. Now we are almost on to 2009. Traditionally I take this time of year to reflect back on where I have been, but mostly look ahead to where I am going.
Google has launched an app called Sidebar that sits on your desktop and monitors news, email, weather and other things. It self customizes based on what you browse. I just installed it to test it out and will let you know what I find. [via TechCrunch]
Contrarian viewpoint on the future of newspapers (tags: newspapers) Book Not Ready for Print? You Can Whip Up an Audiobook for a Podcast for Now (tags: podcast Podcasting publishing books Marketing) Take Your PowerPoint And… (tags: unconference) Can you hire my mom? | 901am (tags: workforce) What’s next? Facebook vs. Linked In (tags: SocialNetworking)
MediaPost Publications – Pheedo Unveils RSS Analytics “IN A FURTHER SIGN OF momentum in the RSS advertising space, Pheedo, a blog and RSS ad network, today officially unveils its RSS analytics service.” (tags: RSS Advertising)
From Search Engine Watch reports on the emerging market for B2B search and features commentary by some current players in that sector. One of the top trends highlighted at the Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose was the growing importance of vertical search, and one of the key sessions in the vertical track was…