Category Archives: Blogging and the Internet

The Sixth Annual Blogger Christmahanukwanzaakah Online Holiday Concert!

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Neil

Welcome to the The 2011 Blogger Christmahanukwanzaakah Online Holiday Concert! This is the sixth year of this concert, and each year it gets better. How time flies.  Six years!  The first year of the concert, all the songs were in … Continue reading →

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#blog2012

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Neil

December is a month where many of us look back, and look forward, preparing ourselves to take the next step into the new year. During the past, this would be a time where I would go into my blog archives … Continue reading →

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Announcing the Sixth Annual Blogger Christmahanukwanzaakah Online Holiday Concert!

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Neil

It is Thanksgiving time, and you know what that means.   Santa arrives at the end of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.   Boxes of ornaments appear from dusty basements. Even the 99% and the 1% put aside their differences, … Continue reading →

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My Life as a Short Man Fraud

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Neil

The year was 2005. A female friend was dating a guy that she liked, but ended up breaking up with him.  Why?  Because he was short.   I called her an idiot for being so superficial, and wrote a post on … Continue reading →

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Paradigm Shift

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Neil

I want you to read my post. I want you to buy my book. I want you to vote for me in a contest. I want you to come to my seminar. I want you to help my friend in … Continue reading →

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Bad Timing

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Neil

This morning, I wrote a post badmouthing Babble, the popular parenting site, saying that their controversial Babble Lists, which rank parent bloggers, was bad for the blogosphere. This afternoon, Babble was bought by the Disney Corporation for 40 million dollars. … Continue reading →

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Are Ranking Lists Bad for Blogging?

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Neil

With so many writers and bloggers working online today, how do we identify the talent in the blogosphere?   Bonnie Stewart wrote an article in Salon yesterday, discussing the wrongness of using algorithms to identify social media Klout. But because … Continue reading →

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The Teaser

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Neil

The Fifth Annual Blogger Christmahanukwanzaakah Online Holiday Concert! — December 18, 2011 Official sign-up begins on Thanksgiving Day.

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Ten Things Not to Say to Your Child-Free Blogging Friends

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Neil

1.    Sure it is sad that your mother was just run over by a 25 ton truck, but always remember that there will never be anything as tragic in this world as a mother losing her baby. 2.   … Continue reading →

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About Jennifer S.

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Neil

I don’t remember how I first found her blog (I have a feeling it was through Kyran Pittman), but the first post of Jennifer’s that I read was about her love of the painted mountains of Arizona and her unrequited … Continue reading →

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