Blogging

I ran across an interesting post from Penelope Trunk, author of Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success, on how blogging is good for your career. Whether you are an employee or you are self-employed, it’s good stuff. Take a look.

I’ve been blogging for two years.  300 posts, 112 comments. An article in today’s WSJ talks about how blogs have been around for 10 years. Interviews with prominent bloggers and readers of blogs, ranging from Mia Farrow to Newt Gingrich to the founder of Craigslist, gives a sampling of the impact of blogs. From providing…

In the Boulder County Business Report, a local paper, the current issue lists bloggers in the area. (No, I wasn’t on the list, although I do have a higher number of average visitors per day than others on the list.  Hey, you can’t be everywhere all the time.) One of the blogger names caught my…

I hope people aren’t tired of me talking about Seth Godin’s posts. It’s just that I realize he’s my filter for interesting things in the world that are well-packaged and well-articulated.  I’m seeing how he leads me to new bloggers and websites, as well as the good stuff that you see after reading a few…

An interesting report on bloggers and their habits was recently issued from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.  Main reason bloggers blog?  Creative expression and sharing of personal experiences.  This is an important point. It confirms my suspicion that there are many more writers out there than people who will admit to being writers. …