Submitted by Onlinetreason:
Here are "15 Blogs All Bloggers Should Read." A lot of of times bloggers, especially new ones, do not know where to look for help. Well, look no more. (Read More)
: I only read about 4 of these. Checked them all out. Don't see making any immediate changes (and I was beginning to update my Google Reader list this weekend) ?!
Submitted by Trentono:
The biggest bookseller in Afghanistan, who once travelled to remote areas of the country hawking books out of a bus, is expanding his business by launching a website.Shah Muhammad Rais, who claims to have the world's biggest collection of books on Afghanistan in major international languages, says he wants his countrymen to (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
How useful can communication limited to 140 characters be for serious journalism? It turns out that the short messages you find on Twitter have proven wildly useful for some writers penning larger pieces. Here at ReadWriteWeb we've been leveraging Twitter heavily for some of our most important news writing. While cynics (Read More)
: This totally makes sense. I already use Twitter as a brainstorm tool, now I can start to look at it as a wealth of sources and jumping off points for interesting topics and features.
: Want timely updates? Twitter is a must. Whether used to get a personal take or a breaking local angle, Twitter is a tool journalists need to have at their disposal. I've used it to access people for interviews. Sometimes works quicker than phone or email!
Submitted by Amitai Givertz:
Social Media is everywhere these days. In the past 6 months, I must have signed up to dozens of social media sites, used them once or twice and then abondoned then to the box of neglected toys. The onslaught started slowly. We made friendster/MySpace/Facebook profiles, some of us started personal blogs, we got digg, del.ici (Read More)
: I would venture to say that what is noise to one may in fact be signal to another: personally, I get tired of slogging through all the tech feeds to find the 5% that are useful for work and perhaps 5% that interest me personally. But then again, that's what I've got Yahoo pipes for: to help me filter the noise before it ever gets to me. Don't see why one couldn't go the same route to filter, say, an unwanted Twitter follower.
: @nigelwalsh @isthisstupid Merge them and filter them when you do! I like the notion of a signal to noise ratio, and I also remember not to pigeon hole. Some fool might be mostly noisy (mostly cloudy?), but as the good Bard has helped us to know: often the fool says the most profound thing.
It's possible that the one signal from a noisy "friend" might surpass the many signals from a guru.
Submitted by Scbalazs:
Everyone knows about social media sites like Digg and Reddit, but the fact is, they are incredibly hard to penetrate, and the traffic they offer is often superficial. For many bloggers, niche sites are a refreshing alternative to these behemoths, offering more targeted links and a much smaller base of competition. Read on t (Read More)