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Carnival of the Capitalists In Blogcritics

Written by Eric Olsen
Published March 07, 2005
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On his Political Calculations site ("Interactive Tools for Interactive Politics"), Ironman (not his real name) compares various Social Security calculators for making decisions when comparing traditional benefits against proposed reforms.

On Steve Shu's Blog ("Perspectives on Management, Consulting, Technology, Marketing, and Corporate Blogging"), he asks if corporate blogging is a skillset yet? In a separate post, Steve poses the question of whether traditional management consulting firms are a bunch of laggards when it comes to blogging even though the rest of the industry is starting to show signs of life for corporate blogs.

The Blogging Airman launches a preemptive strike against those who would doubt the freedom bonanza that is a high-end washer-dryer combo on his The Rantings of a Part-Time Air Force Dood, Appliance Salesman & Musician site.

The merger of May and Federated department stores is a fine example of the "dinosaurs mating" behavior of large companies in declining industries. It won't change fate, says Greg Manter on his Retail Store Blog.

David Strahlberg's Media Stock Blog offers looks into who will bear the burden of a proposed increase in wholesale music download prices, and this summer's offerings at the Imax theaters, including the latest offering in the Batman film series.

The alphabetically apellated FCH writes in the Ideas in Motion blog that "blogs are free enterprise capitalist expressions of communication": the day when the number of blogs equals the number of people in the US cannot be too far off. Blogs solve a great deal of the tragedy of commons problem.

In new Millenium Minds, Rob Thrasher is very enthusiastic about the prospects of forthcoming online shopping search engine Become.com, founded by Michael Yang and Yeogirl Yun of MySimon fame.

Google's new movie search tool has already received a lot of attention, but David Jackson of The Internet Stock Blog looks more carefully at who provides the underlying content and transactions for Google Movies, which other companies gain and lose, and what the broader implications are for the Internet sector.

Does open source translate into anti-capitalism? How Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera compete to the benefit of the average internet user, according to AnyLetter's Andrew Hughes.

James Cherkoff of Collaborate Marketing spends a lot of time explaining to corporate types what the blogopshere may or may not mean to them - he compiled this experience into a primer on blogging for the curious marketeer.

You want more visitor traffic to your business blog but you've found that you've tried all of the usual avenues. Perhaps you should consider talking people into surfing over to your site. All you have to do is get yourself interviewed, as an expert in your field, according to Wayne Hurlbert of Blog Business World.

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Carnival of the Capitalists In Blogcritics
Published: March 07, 2005
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#1 — March 7, 2005 @ 13:55PM — Phillip Winn [URL]

Wow -- how many different blogs are actually participating in this thing?

#2 — March 7, 2005 @ 13:58PM — Aaman [URL]

That's some reading ahead of me:) Nice roundup to fine work

#3 — March 7, 2005 @ 13:58PM — Eric Olsen

about 50, and halfway through posting it Movable Type crapped out and I had to redo them. But there's a lot of fascinating information and perspectives here. I highly recommend everyone checking it out.

#4 — March 7, 2005 @ 14:09PM — Eric Berlin [URL]

I continue to be amazed and enthused at the possibilities to be explored with the combination of content (blogs, etc.) and well-designed aggregators.

Lots of interesting links to dig through here -- very cool.

#5 — March 7, 2005 @ 14:18PM — Eric Olsen

I agree EB, these fine financially-minded wizards should be encouraged to join Blogcritics

#6 — March 7, 2005 @ 14:21PM — The Zero Boss [URL]

Eric, thanks for the link, but the post is actually authored by me. Gwendolen Gross is guest author for my Blogging for Books contest, not for my blog per se. I'll clarify it on my site if you clarify it on yours. :-)

#7 — March 7, 2005 @ 14:21PM — Eric Berlin [URL]

Could there be a fifth column(Biz/Finance), so to speak, in the offing?

#8 — March 7, 2005 @ 14:36PM — Aaman [URL]

So, you're a fifth column capitalist, eh? :)

#9 — March 7, 2005 @ 14:38PM — Timothy Lee [URL]

Thanks for hosting this weeks COTC. I appreciate the trackback. Looks like the original post moved, so I corrected the URI. I'll make a post on COTC this evening after I get a chance to review all the submissions.

I and several others would be glad to contribute 2-3 times a month to Blogcritics, if you decide to add a new Biz column. Let us know. You have all our email and blog addresses.

#10 — March 7, 2005 @ 14:55PM — Eric Olsen

Timothy, that would be great, we would love to have any of you join Blogcritics! Please see the sign-up info here.

We have been trying to figure out how to make room to add a new section or two to the front page, but for now we definitely have a Business and Economics subcategory under Culture and Tech

#11 — March 7, 2005 @ 15:54PM — Dave Nalle [URL]

Was any effort made to encourage those capitalists already on Blogcritics to get involved in this? This is the first I've heard of it, and I'd have loved to participate.

Dave

#12 — March 7, 2005 @ 16:19PM — Temple Stark [URL]

Just don't write exclusively about economics, though I will read through these - eventually.

So you're an expert at everything else Dave but hadn't heard of this? Hmmmm. Funny.

#13 — March 7, 2005 @ 19:48PM — Eric Olsen

Dave, they do this every week, just go to the CotC link at the top of the page. All you have to do is send in a link and a brief description of your story to their email address.

#14 — March 7, 2005 @ 19:53PM — Eric Berlin [URL]

Rami's Tennis Blog is cool stuff, and the concept of "learning how to learn" is applicable across just about all disciplines. I teach information literacy skills to university students, which is really teaching them the building blocks of how to learn, skills that will go much further in today's world than great piles of subject-specific knowledge.

Oh, plus there's some bad-ass pictures of a tennis court built hundreds of feet in the air on top of some hotel in the United Arab Emirates.

#15 — March 7, 2005 @ 20:10PM — Anita Campbell [URL]

Hi Dave,

I am hosting next week over at my RFID Weblog . I encourage you to submit a business post. Get yours in early!

Best,
Anita

#16 — March 7, 2005 @ 20:43PM — Dave Nalle [URL]

>>So you're an expert at everything else Dave but hadn't heard of this? Hmmmm. Funny.<<

Sorry to show my feet of clay. But in fact, there are only a few things I'm truly an 'expert' on. Those being several areas of History (including statistical demographics), every aspect of calligraphy and typography, 19th century art and illustration, and comparative mythology.

But I am a font of trivia and cultural literacy and am quite willing to read up on anything to learn what I need to in order to be informed on any given topic.

Dave

#17 — March 8, 2005 @ 07:55AM — Eric Olsen

you tell 'em Dave;

Jay of Zero Boss, sorry for the error and made the change

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