Comments on: Why I blog, and why the MSM should and many times shouldn’t http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/18/why-i-blog-and-why-the-msm-should-and-many-times-shouldnt Picking out patterns in the chaos Wed, 16 May 2012 20:57:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Anonymous http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/18/why-i-blog-and-why-the-msm-should-and-many-times-shouldnt#comment-2185 Anonymous Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:44:39 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/18/why-i-blog-and-why-the-msm-should-and-many-times-shouldnt#comment-2185 Nice Nice

]]> By: Loki http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/18/why-i-blog-and-why-the-msm-should-and-many-times-shouldnt#comment-2184 Loki Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:07:52 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/18/why-i-blog-and-why-the-msm-should-and-many-times-shouldnt#comment-2184 If you ever make it down here I'll buy you a drink! If you ever make it down here I’ll buy you a drink!

]]> By: Kevin http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/18/why-i-blog-and-why-the-msm-should-and-many-times-shouldnt#comment-2183 Kevin Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:07:25 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/18/why-i-blog-and-why-the-msm-should-and-many-times-shouldnt#comment-2183 Loki! Good to see you. I really like the Think New Orleans project that you're involved with. I hope the geek dinners there are a big success. My friend Ian here in London organises the Geek Dinners here. Thanks for the comment. I have a lot of hope that a better partnership between the MSM and 'the people formerly known as the audience' can do some good. Loki!

Good to see you. I really like the Think New Orleans project that you’re involved with. I hope the geek dinners there are a big success. My friend Ian here in London organises the Geek Dinners here.

Thanks for the comment. I have a lot of hope that a better partnership between the MSM and ‘the people formerly known as the audience’ can do some good.

]]> By: Loki http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/18/why-i-blog-and-why-the-msm-should-and-many-times-shouldnt#comment-2182 Loki Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:52:00 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/18/why-i-blog-and-why-the-msm-should-and-many-times-shouldnt#comment-2182 Kevin, I think you are dead right. (I also appreciate the link to my "fleeing Katrina podcasts") Here in New Orleans we are undergoing an evolution in the local blogosphere. MSM has failed us through a combination of hyperbole and misreporting, most people worldwide do not realize that 80% of the city is still decimated. Local New Orleans bloggers have begun to mobilize and work towards effecting positive change during this mismanaged attempt at rebuilding our home. We share information, develop collaborative projects, and try to watchdog the situation while fighting for our survival. I am so glad to live in an age where this sort of information technology is commonplace. I would still be trying to locate many of my friends and family were it not for the internet. I am also proud to say that people around the world have written me, shocked and appaled at the situation my neighbors and I face living here. MSM has provided a lot of phot-ops for President Bush, but the face of things on the street is quite different. (See the list of NOLA Blogger links in my sidebar) I certainly hope we have that chance you speak of.... Kevin, I think you are dead right. (I also appreciate the link to my “fleeing Katrina podcasts”) Here in New Orleans we are undergoing an evolution in the local blogosphere. MSM has failed us through a combination of hyperbole and misreporting, most people worldwide do not realize that 80% of the city is still decimated.

Local New Orleans bloggers have begun to mobilize and work towards effecting positive change during this mismanaged attempt at rebuilding our home. We share information, develop collaborative projects, and try to watchdog the situation while fighting for our survival.

I am so glad to live in an age where this sort of information technology is commonplace. I would still be trying to locate many of my friends and family were it not for the internet. I am also proud to say that people around the world have written me, shocked and appaled at the situation my neighbors and I face living here.

MSM has provided a lot of phot-ops for President Bush, but the face of things on the street is quite different. (See the list of NOLA Blogger links in my sidebar)

I certainly hope we have that chance you speak of….

]]> By: Steve http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/18/why-i-blog-and-why-the-msm-should-and-many-times-shouldnt#comment-2181 Steve Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:01:48 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/18/why-i-blog-and-why-the-msm-should-and-many-times-shouldnt#comment-2181 Kevin, you've made some great points. I still think that the MSM is in its blogging infancy; it is still trying to figure this medium out. For instance, I've wondered what kind of business model views its customers as annoyances. Or, why don't news organizations tap into their biggest fans by treating them as fiends instead of as friends? Ultimately, I, the reader/viewer/site visitor/listener, is the one that the MSN must appease. It should make sense to try to connect with me to find out what I want to learn more about, what questions I have, etc. Blogging is one way to find that out. Kevin, you’ve made some great points. I still think that the MSM is in its blogging infancy; it is still trying to figure this medium out. For instance, I’ve wondered what kind of business model views its customers as annoyances. Or, why don’t news organizations tap into their biggest fans by treating them as fiends instead of as friends?

Ultimately, I, the reader/viewer/site visitor/listener, is the one that the MSN must appease. It should make sense to try to connect with me to find out what I want to learn more about, what questions I have, etc. Blogging is one way to find that out.

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