Blogging

There are 2 articles in today’s Washington Post on blogging. One details yet another person to get fired for blogging and the other article talks about the current controversy surrounding Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley.

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Free Expression Can Be Costly When Bloggers Bad-Mouth Jobs

I really hate my place of employment. Seriously. Okay, first off. They
have these stupid little awards that are supposed to boost company
morale. So you go and do something ‘spectacular’ (most likely, you’re
doing your JOB) and then someone says ‘Why golly, that was
spectacular.’ then they sign your name on some paper, they bring you
chocolate and some balloons.

Uproar Brings Focus on Role Of Bloggers

GoDaddy Gets Millions in Publicity From "Banned" SuperBowl Ad (from  whatsnextonline.com)

Whether or not GoDaddy’s banned Super Bowl ad was good or bad (I thought it was offensive)is beside the point. GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons is being talked about everywhere from the New York Times to adrants.

There is increasing talk of content ownership when it comes to blogging.  I’m starting to take notice of Knowledge Management/KM blogs for a potential client and have been following Bill Ives Portals and KM for some time.

Bill points to the recent Information Week article: Who Owns Your Business Blog Content?

The Weblog Question: People are starting Weblogs in growing numbers, but the owner of the content isn’t always clear.