This OGP post is short, but still worth your time (I hope). So, for your browsing, pleasure, I offer the following:
A visual thought on Walmart, Edelman and blogging, Colin McKay/CanuckFlack. Colin seems to have a unique perspective, or at least a unique way of saying what’s on his mind. This is by far, one of the best, if not most succinct blog posts on the Edelman-Wal-Mart-flog episode.
TFP: Charalambous, Lidle, and The Escape, Matt Sussman/The Futon Report. This is a brief intro. to Matt’s weekly column in the “Toledo (OH) Free Press.” It’s a great reminder about how important — yet unimportant — sports is in our lives.
Reuters opens virtual news bureau in Second Life. The point here is not so much Reuter’s SL bureau, but as a continuing example of SL being referred to as “game” site. From my relatively little time “there,” SL is not a game. It’s set up to be exactly what it says: a second life.
Dooce/Heather Armstrong. Okay, I’ve never been much of a Dooce reader, until the past week. The post about Heather and her husband having a story in the Salt Lake Tribune and recent posts caught my eye. But, then it hit me: You can’t leave comments on dooce. Guess, if a blogger gets popular enough, he/she becomes a media entity, and the communication goes one-way. Though I would think the blog should allow comments, but if my blog started attracting 800,000+ readers a month, guess I’d look to turn off comments, too. I can only hope.
