Blog Celebs on the Job Market- January 26, 2005 Celebrity sometimes comes to employee bloggers publishing outside the firewall. How big is the risk they'll quit your firm for a job in journalism, media, or micropublishing With some having daily readership in the tens of thousands, money and fame and independence beckon.http://dijest.com/dontblog/2005/01/blog-celebs-on-job-market.html Dooced- January 24, 2005 Dooced defined by UrbanDictionary.com Losing your job for something you wrote in your online blog, journal, website, etc. Did you hear Mary got fired yesterday for writing about Becky in her blog Yeah, she got dooced. Source: Jennifer, Feb 26, 2004 Seen elsewhere: NPR: Digital Culture: Firings Raise Questions of Blogger Freedoms. BBC: Looming pitfalls of work blogs. NevOn: Don't Be Dooced in 2005. "dooce dodging"Wagner's Weblog: A review of dooced bloggers by cause. bizgirl -...http://dijest.com/dontblog/2005/01/dooced.html Bloggers Line Up To Sell Their Souls- January 23, 2005 The Blog Business Summit invites the greedy to blog, and bloggers to cash in. The same medium that's a window into cultures, the minds of people everywhere, the basis for a global community is being pimped for its ability to make your no-name business Googleworthy, to make you famous, rich, popular, secure, with little effort. And without a heart. See you there.http://dijest.com/dontblog/2005/01/bloggers-line-up-to-sell-their-souls.html Blog and Get Fired - In Retail- January 14, 2005 EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - Lampoon your boss and you might get away with it. Malign the company, and it's brand, and find yourself filing for unemployment. See the Woolamaloo Gazette for more about Waterstone's treatment. I'm sure this noisy dismissal produces great press for the posh bookseller.http://dijest.com/dontblog/2005/01/blog-and-get-fired-in-retail.html |