Dina Mehta: Blogs & BloggingPublishing, networking, communication, collaboration - Conversations with DinaWhat is a blog- April 30, 2007 a publication a tool a social tool a conversation a community space guess again ---- it's a person! Jeremy Wagstaff makes a simple statement on blogs: "A blog isn't a publication. It's a person"http://radio.weblogs.com/0121664/categories/blogsBlogging/2007/04/30.html#a940 Special on Youth and the Internet- April 27, 2007 Here's an excerpt from an article I did for Tehelka's special on youth and the internet, on much urging from Shivam, who put an apt title to it - The Mirror of Change - This is Who We are Becoming. "For those completely immersed in virtual worlds such as Second Life, the seduction of intimacy combined with anonymity does not mean they do not share the joys and sorrows of their real worlds. My bet is that they do. "Pet", a very close friend and a...http://radio.weblogs.com/0121664/categories/blogsBlogging/2007/04/27.html#a939 Bloggers Code of Conduct - Please NO!- April 1, 2007 Heh .. Johnnie .. I'm with you in feeling ranty! As a response to this, a stopcyberbullying community is nice, comments policies and guidelines are ok if you believe you need them, but a Bloggers Code of Conduct What will it achieve - perhaps nothing. What will you do if someone violates the bloggers code of conduct - delete their comments, report them - that's something you can do without such a formal code isn't it Who will enforce this Code of Conduct across blogs Will bloggers that do not.http://radio.weblogs.com/0121664/categories/blogsBlogging/2007/04/02.html#a935 |