Blogging at the BBC

Great article on the use of RSS, blogs and wikis at the BBC. Just a few minutes ago, I got an email with the title “Your blog could cost you your job.” Needless to say, I sat up and took…

How To Write Killer Blog Posts

…and More Compelling Comments. How To Write Killer Blog Posts Some very good advice here. Here’s the first 3 to give you a flavour: Writing Blog Posts Declarative sentences are good. Web readers demand them. Link like crazy. One thing…

Blogger Cancels Comments

Stephen Pollard, a UK based political journalist and quite regular blogger, has sadly been forced to remove the comments facility on his blog: I’m afraid I have had to disable all comments from now on. I do not have the…

What’s in a Name?

Robert Scoble posts over on The Red Couch blog about the name of the blog just started by the publisher of his and Shel Israel’s book. …our publisher, Joe Wikert has started a blog. Shel linked to it the other…

Blogging as a Career?

Jason Kottke has given up his job and is going to live off the proceeds of his blog. I’ve been self-publishing on the web for almost 10 years now, first with a little site on my school’s web server, then…

Melanie Phillips on IDS the Bloggers’ Friend

Melanie Phillips has picked up on Iain Duncan Smith’s article in The Guardian. Phillips, I shoud point out, is someone I read for the same reason people pick scabs. It irritating, slightly painful, but nevertheless weirdly addictive. Anyway, her point…

Post linked to by Scoble

Heh, well, I’m pretty chuffed. My Ten Thoughts on Successful Blogging was linked by Mr Scoble himself. Many thanks to him for that. Now, if I have more visitors here, I might need to think up something interesting to say.…