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Internet blogs, directories offer billions of news stories — are they reliable?

Just a Guy — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:28:53 +0000

I was struck again today as I checked in at some of my favorite news sites (mostly online newspaper sites; as a former newspaper copy editor I’m addicted to newspapers) that the Internet is an overwhelming source of news. There are probably literally (just guessing) BILLIONS of words of news on the Internet, spread around MILLIONS of websites, from blogs to free web directory sites to paid news resources.

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Internet blogs, directories offer billions of news stories — are they reliable?

Just now finally getting into the video age, sort of

Just a Guy — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:39:14 +0000

As a “guy who reads the papers,” I confess it has been difficult for me to make the move from print to online, especially from text-oriented print news to some of the amazing video formats now available.

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Just now finally getting into the video age, sort of

FTC turning fairness gaze toward bloggers now

Just a Guy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:07:15 +0000

Perhaps you blog, or hang around this blog and others a lot, and you’ve already heard about this: The Federal Trade Commission is targeting bloggers and others who publish and/or market products on the Internet. They recently passed regulations that have left many people confused.

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Just canceled my Twitter account

Just a Guy — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:07:12 +0000

For those of you who have been following me on Twitter — nothing personal, but I just canceled/deleted my Twitter account.

I simply could NOT justify the monumental waste of time and idiotic sp*mming that was going on. And once it snowballed to a certain point, there was no other way to get out of it.

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Just canceled my Twitter account

Changing the look, feel of the site once more

Just a Guy — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:20:31 +0000

Call it an “end of summer” or “beginning of autumn” thing — I decided to change the look and feel of this website once again. Those of you who hang around here once in awhile know I’ve tried new templates/themes here from time to time. I never have found something I thought was so “wow, I really like it” that I’d call it the permanent look for me.

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Changing the look, feel of the site once more

One small step from canceling my Twitter account …

Just a Guy — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:05:01 +0000

I posted about this on another of my blogs today: I have become so fed up with the tons of spammers who’ve latched onto my Twitter account that I’m just one small step away from canceling it.

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One small step from canceling my Twitter account …

What’s the point of all the comments, commentary, attitudes, anyway?

Just a Guy — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:54:10 +0000

One of the beauties of owning a blog like this one is that if you choose to do so, you can simply rant. Today appears to be one of my “rant” days, so please bear with me.

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What’s the point of all the comments, commentary, attitudes, anyway?

Shame on all of us for being so gullible online

Just a Guy — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 02:37:47 +0000

According to a Washington Post story, everyone from local business to large corporations are feeling the heat from disgruntled customers who spread the word about they’re dissatisfaction through the Internet.

In other words: You mess with me, I’ll make sure the world knows about it seems to be the attitude that pays off when it comes to dealing with a lot of corporations. Or at least that’s what many of us choose to believe. It may or may not be true, but an increasing sense of rage/outrage/whatever in our culture these days drives us to more and more online “rants,” whether they are accurate rants or useful rants or not.

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Shame on all of us for being so gullible online