Monday, May 16, 2005

Sam Ruby gives his part of IBM's new blogging guidelines. Sam Ruby: "One of my early managers once shared with me the following piece of advice: if you don't get your hand slapped at least twice a year, you aren't pushing the boundaries hard enough." I had a quote all picked out for the beginning of my book chapter, but this one might go there instead. [Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger] 5:46:28 PM    comment [] Be Cool to the Pizza Delivery Dude. We know them. We depend on them. We call them out on cold, rainy nights. Now, NPR listener Sarah Adams tells us why her life philosophy is built around being cool to the pizza delivery dude. [NPR Programs: All Things Considered] Could do worse than have a life philosphy of being  cool the the pizza dude 5:22:41 PM    comment [] Make Your Blog Pay. How can bloggers make money from their daily efforts? Perhaps by getting paid for favorable reviews. ... J. Ryan has written an interesting story ("Blogging for Dollars") on new hidden forms of advertising that might make their way into the blogging scene. This is not really a story to encourage trust in blogs. By info@risolutions.de (Katja Riefler). [Poynter E-Media Tidbits] Great, just what we need.  More paid advertisments.   4:48:59 PM    comment [] Merck Minds Its Manners. The drug giant's handbook for its salespeople has Congress offended. [The Motley Fool] So - make a bet here.  All the really serious ethical stuff that people should be looking at, we won't.  But this?  Language and small, something that can be changed with a strike of the workprocessor, we will rise to the challenge and rework yet once again all that silly, silly training course.  Good business for the knife and fork school crowd I guess BUT what a waste of time and effort that would be. 4:37:11 PM    comment []

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