http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Fri, 17 Sep 2004 18:06:04 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/ Phillip WinnSunday, August 26, 2007, marks the switch of all Blogcritics.org article feeds from full-content to short-content. This is the result of several converging factors, and is unfortunately a permanent decision (as permanent as any decision can be on the web, that is). We are aware of all of the reasons that this is a Bad Idea, and we are aware that some of you will be quite upset about having to click on something to read the free content, and we're sorry. Unfortunately, despite great effort, full-content feeds are not currently economically viable. Two other factors are involved: full-content feeds have resulted in an unprecedented level of content theft, with BC content appearing on many websites, usually spam sites, without attribution or permission. This duplicate content causes a cascading set of problems, not the least of which is that search engines generally aren't favorable to duplicate content, and don't always guess correctly. Finally, our RSS advertising partner is strongly in favor of short-content feeds. We hope that you'll continue to subscribe to BC via RSS, and when an article grabs your eye, it's only a click away, still free on the BC website. Thank you for your understanding. Administration0@blogcritics.org Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:00:00 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/17/180604.php FrankwMyersFrom One Soldier's JournalWow. I'm just finishing Dan Gilmor's We the Media. It was published by O'Reilly Media in August of 2004.If you have any interest in how the internet is changing journalism, and I bet you do since you're reading this on a blog, this book is a must read.After giving you just enough history to inform you without being boring, Gillmor works his way through the bulk of this massive online phenomenon. He focuses on how Big Money media is being changed by the web community. In many places he shows the conflict between the two, but in many places he demonstrates the compatibility of the two.In a well written insiders look at blogging, Gillmor only bogs down late in the book when he handles copywrite law, Big Media, and cyber-liberty. Lets face it, and this is coming from a lawyer, there are not a lot of interesting ways to write about these mundane, party-spoiling topics. My only other critical thought, and its hard to find any with this great book, is that I felt a little shorted in that I wanted more insight into the future. What's coming next? Where is all this going? He hit on these topics, but maybe it's a topic better suited for its own book. Or a blog. :>Overall, outstanding book, written while this new medium is still fresh enough to expect Gillmor's book to soon be referred to as the seminal work on blogging. Books19942@blogcritics.org Fri, 17 Sep 2004 18:06:04 EDT