On the air: discussing Prop 8...and our new First Lady's posterior
Pam's House Blend ...always steamin'! 
11/19 9:30 pm
At 10:15 PM ET, I'll be on The Kevin Ross Show to discuss Prop 8 (including the latest news about the CA Supreme Court review of the proposition's constitutionality). Click the icon to listen online or call in at (347) 945-5939. There's also a live chat there if you want to participate that way. However, the main topic on the show (it begins at 10PM ET) tonight is Michelle Obama. Or, rather, Michelle Obama's posterior. Take a look at Erin Aubry Kaplan's post at 3 Brothers and A Sister. She has set off a firestorm of commentary in the black blogosphere with Finally, A First Lady That Loo...

Lincoln was no partisan
Rumproast 
11/19 9:07 pm
(Alternate title: Lieberplaque) Since Obama is talking about the wisdom of Lincoln and his willingness to appoint political rivals to his cabinet, perhaps it's useful to look at what some have said was a major deficit of Lincoln's: his inability to quickly dispense with those who weren't serving the mission. You see, there's a story (controversial among historians) that, in its condensed version, goes something like this: The Civil War would have ended in 1862--and hundreds of thousands of dead young men would have been spared--if Lincoln hadn’...

BREAKING: WGA Files For Arbitration Against Producers For Not Keeping Up On New Media Residuals
paidContent.org 
11/19 9:02 pm
And so it starts again: The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is planning to file for arbitration against the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP), alleging that the producers are not complying with the new contract that was negotiated after a prolonged strike during the winter of 2007-08. The full WGA statement is here. The points in WGA's new complaint: -- That the media companies part of AMPTP are not paying residuals for writers' work that is reused on new media. Of course this was the main issue of the WGA strike. -- WGA is "embarking on an aggressive contract enfor...

Unofficial Half-Life Remake Looking Prettier By The Year [Black Mesa]
Kotaku, the Gamer’s Guide 
11/19 8:40 pm
Welcome to my third annual post on new media for the Half-Life fan-created remake Black Mesa (formerly known as Black Mesa: Source). It doesn't appear to be any closer to release than it was when I wrote about it in 2006 and 2007, but the new screen shots, released on the original game's ten year anniversary, are worth a peek. According to official Black Mesa word, the mod no longer requires Counter-Strike: Source, as the project has moved to The Orange Box version of Valve's Source engine. Any Source-based game will let you play Black Mesa, should it ever be released. That means the new media...

URGENT! Writers Guild Goes After Big Media For Not Making New Media Payments
Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily 
11/19 7:56 pm
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Lions Share tonight at 8PM EST on PURrrr
The Confluence 
11/19 7:55 pm
Join Darragh, Sheri and me as we talk about Hillary as Secretary of State, the blogosphere flipping out over Clinton admin 2.0, the latest news and why it's so fricking cold in New Jersey if we have a Global Warming problem. That's Lions Share at 8PM EST on PUMA United Radio, (PURrrr) ...

List of Articles and Posts 2008: Statement on Proposition 8 Passing by Ron Prentice, Chairman of Pro
Latter-day Saints Focusing on Jesus Christ 
11/19 7:30 pm
List of Articles and Posts 2008: Statement on Proposition 8 Passing by Ron Prentice, Chairman of ProtectMarriage.com 2008: Church Responds to Same-Sex Marriage Votes / LDS Newsroom 2008: LDS Church Responds to Prop 8 Ad / LDS.com 2008: Yes on Prop 8 Ad "Have your thought about it'" / YouTube 2008: Nationally Acclaimed Pastor Rick Warren Announces Support for Proposition 8 / Protectmarriage.com 2008: Yes on Proposition 8 Ad "Its EVERYTHING to do with Schools!" / YouTube 2008: Si a la Proposicion 8: Esto Ya Occurio / YouTube 2008: Prop 8: Who's Really Lying' Public Records Show Proposition 8 Opp...

PDA's Newsbucket
Guardian blogs | All guardian.co.uk blogposts | guardian.co.uk 
11/19 7:00 pm
• Web video is still an inexact science >> GigaOM• Facebook feels the pinch and decides to make more money >> Mashable• VideoEgg hatching video ads in iPhone >> Beet.TV• Crowdsourcing a university journalism lecture >> cybersoc• Microsoft chopping Zune prices >> CNET• Web is driven by 25-34 age group >> Guardian• icanhaz LOL Griffin pix' okthnkzbye >> TechCrunch UK• Life photo archive goes live on Google >> paidContent• Tech Weekly podcast: Inventing and the Guardian's Hackday >> Guardian• Yahoo job search: Top contenders to replace Yang >> Guardian• Dan Lyons: Newsweek r...

Daily Romp Through The Minnesota Blogosphere (11/19/08)
Liberal in the Land of Conservative 
11/19 5:56 pm
The recount continues to dominate the Minnesota blogosphere. You can continue your recount obsession at Minnesota Independent, MNPublius, MinnPost, and of course the I Heart Coleman Blog.Photo by John Cross (Mankato Free Press via AP)The pressure appears to getting to both candidates as Norm Coleman has morphed into an elderly woman and Al Franken appears as though he has taken up farming as a fallback career and he just came in from the fields.Here is your daily romp through the Minnesota blogosphere:In other recount news, Gary Gross of Let Freedom Ring is desperately trying to steal the elec...

More self congratulatory clap-trap [backin15]
Site Temporarily Unavailable 
11/19 5:52 pm
The Hive's back, well only to indulge in a bit of frankly, wanky, self-congratulation. Expect more of this kind of told-you-so stuff from elements of the blogosphere. These authors cling to historical grievances in a way that reminds me of petty teenage rivalries. What's odd about this piece however, is that it's not about trade, a subject on which the Hive's principal author is clearly expert,...

1Cast wants to be the new RedLasso: it isn’t yet
The Inquisitr 
11/19 5:51 pm
1Cast, a new media sharing service aimed at bloggers launched into private beta yesterday and is promising to be the new RedLasso. The service, like RedLasso before it, offers clips from major news outlets that can be embedded on blogs or general news sites. Unlike RedLasso however the clips are provided by legal agreements with content ...

Whatever - New blog from Rick Robie
Whatcha Talkin Bout Willis? 
11/19 5:51 pm
Rick Robie and I roomed together back in the day at RBC. I have many great memories of those days and am glad to see that Rick has entered the blogosphere. I'm looking forward to his thoughts. He has his first post up already. Check him out at "whatever."...

Criticism Is Not Anti-Religious Bigotry: Mormons, Gays, and Taxes
Fannie's Room 
11/19 5:42 pm
Yesterday, I wrote about how lawful protesting does not constitute intolerance, bigotry, or censorship. Today, I want to discuss the running theme in some "marriage defense" corners that it now constitutes "anti-religious bigotry" to protest a church's involvement in political and social affairs.While many LGBT rights advocates have been critiquing anti-gay interpretations of Christianity for years, much ado has been made over the fact that many in the LGBT community are angry over the Mormon Church's involvement in the Yes on 8 movement. This particular Christian denomination was rather ins...

Bloggers raising funds to replace stolen wheelchair
Kingsport, TN Government 
11/19 5:35 pm
  “No Silence Here” blog has the latest information on how to help Some dirtbag took this TN five-year-old's specially-designed, $8,000 wheelchair and destroyed it. Now, the blogosphere is reacting by helping raise funds to replace it. See SayUncle, Kevin at Lean Left, Life As We Know It, Paul Ryburn's Journal, Mediaverse and F.R.I.D.A. UPDATE: Add Newscoma and The Coyote Chronicles. UPDATE...

Sorry P.E.T.A. .......there will be blood
Poker and Miscellaneous Stuff 
11/19 5:25 pm
This species (good gravy how ugly) must be eliminated from the gene pool in order for the donkey race to survive in the blogosphere. I claim bounty on Thursday the 20th at 9:05 on Bodog....

Hey Dems: Settle Down!
The Danifesto 
11/19 5:22 pm
So, people on the left are freaking out over Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, etc. etc. etc. There are a lot of people in the progressive/liberal blogosphere who reeeeeally don't like the picks Obama has made so far for his Cabinet and White House team.Personally, I think everyone should settle down. I trust the guy at the top. He has sound judgment, he is a brilliant thinker and he knows what he's doing - at least until further notice. This guy has spent his entire life defying expectations and outsmarting people. There's no reason to doubt him now: he outpaced a Clinton to win the Democr...

Obama and the Blogosphere
Open Left 
11/19 5:21 pm
Since it has been the subject of multiple front-page articles today on Open Left, and since I will be on Radio Times this Friday discussing the subject, I feel the need to weigh in on the relationship between President-elect Obama and the progressive blogosphere. The long and short of my view is this: it's all true. Everything you are writing and / or thinking about the progressive blogosphere is correct, almost no matter what you are writing or thinking. There is one exception: if you are arguing that the progressive blogosphere is any one thing, holds any one position, or represents any sing...

What is the best degree to pursue' MBA v. MS
Ask Metafilter | Community Weblog 
11/19 5:09 pm
What do you think of a Masters in Information Technology versus an MBA' I am passionate about new media/emerging tech but also know I want to be in business. Would I be cutting off too many options if I just went for an MS versus an MBA' What about dual degrees' Do they exist at top institutions'...

give-away day coming in december
standing still 
11/19 5:08 pm
Lately I've been obsessively reading a blog called Sew Mama Sew, because making and packing and shipping forty bowls and updating my website with new photographs and descriptions and monitoring the world's economic situation and making hotdish for a church event and advocating for special education with legislators and singing in the choir isn't enough. I need a few sewing projects to settle my fingers. Through Sew Mama Sew I've found some terrific tutorials and drooled on my keyboard over absolutely beautiful hand crafts, and, it's been bliss for a creative artsy fartsy hippie muddy chick lik...

PittGirl's Last Gift to the Burghosphere'
The Blog of Burgher Jon 
11/19 4:53 pm
I'm sure this is an unintended consequence and it certainly does not make up for the fact that I couldn't read PittGirl's opinion this morning, but I speculate that the entire Burghosphere received a little bump from the MSM yesterday. The Post-Gazette published a story yesterday afternoon and Pop City and the Trib went to press with it this morning. Additionally, the Post-Gazette and Trib both published editorials. That's just print; KDKA covered it this morning, WPXI got it tuesday afternoon and updated it tuesday evening.I noticed on my blog that visits were up about 200% while rms feeds ...

Our friends in the blogosphere
Corrente | Boldly shrill ... 
11/19 4:32 pm
Now, I gotta friend who spends his life Stabbing my picture with a bowie-knife Dreams of strangling me with a scarf When my name comes up he pretends to barf I've got a million friends! -- Bob Dylan, "I Shall Be Free No. 10" It's not enough to vote for Barack Obama expressly because you like the idea of a first African-American president. You have to make sure that you don't discourage treating his presidency as a four-to-eight-year Hallmark Moment. Because if you do, progressives will call you a "bugfucker." Read more…...

MORE MSM CENSORSHIP
No More Mister Nice Blog 
11/19 4:30 pm
MORE MSM CENSORSHIP!!!!The economy' Health care' The war' The wingnuttoshere knows Americans don't really care about any of those issues; the wingnuttosphere knows that what's really on Americans' minds is radical violence that occurred two generation ago. And if the MSM won't prioritize that subject, well, there's your liberal bias!Here's wingnuttosphere star blogger JammieWearingFool responding to news that the Triborough Bridge in New York was renamed after Robert Kennedy today. First, the obligatory joke: Is Naming a Bridge After a Kennedy a Good Idea'Then this about RFK: Ironically en...

Whoops.
Dependable Renegade 
11/19 4:16 pm
The blogosphere reacts to each daily pronouncement from the Obama camp....

How Social Are Obama's Social Media Initiatives, Really'
Social Media Today 
11/19 4:10 pm
ByDennis D. McDonald Articles such as The Los Angeles Times’ Obama, the first social media president are popping up in the mainstream media and in the blogosphere. The theme is that Obama’s success......

Dress Rehearsal for Scandal
The Big Picture 
11/19 3:51 pm
Let's do a little focus group on the news released this morning that former MSNBC host, President and legal correspondent Dan Abrams is opening a new media consulting venture called Abrams Research. Abrams  looks like he is copying the Gerson Lehrman formula of finding expert information for hedge funds (though instead of getting information from ...

Automating Social Media Activity
Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing 
11/19 3:43 pm
This content from: Duct Tape Marketing Automating Social Media Activity Does automating some of your social media activity automatically make it, well, less social' That's the question I've been batting around a bit with some social mediaists. See, I think that small business owners sometimes stay away from some new media tools because they seem like a ...

Should You Advertise Online'
K Street Cafe 
11/19 3:30 pm
In the continuing debate over new media vs. old media—what’s online vs. what’s offline—the sub-debate about advertising is instructive. On one hand, online ads are vulnerable to the tyranny of choice. The metrics can be overwhelming, the jargon can be off-putting and success can be mistaken for failure. Moreover, unlike traditional ad buys, online campaigns demand continuous monitoring and fine-tuning. On the other hand, if you’re tired of one-off shots in the dark—where your one-page spread for life insurance runs opposite to an article on video games, or your spot for an S...

Someone isn't happy about Obama making nice with Hillary
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth 
11/19 3:27 pm
Over at Huff Post, David Bromwich argues that Obama shouldn't be so fast to make up with Hillary after everything she did to him during the primaries. First his take, then mine:It is said that Barack Obama has read Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, Team of Rivals, about the war cabinet of Abraham Lincoln. It is said Obama wants to constitute his cabinet out of former rivals because he liked the book and he models himself on Lincoln.Implausible as it sounds, this is the best explanation anyone has given of the offer of the position of secretary of state to Hillary Clinton. Lincoln took William Sewa...

"Journalism is becoming a more egalitarian profession -- and that's a good thing"
Poynter Online - Romenesko 
11/19 3:01 pm
Columbia Journalism Review "With a new media ethos that encourages public participation and empowerment, it is my hope that the newest generation of reporters will succeed in rekindling the idea of journalism as public service," writes Erin Rosa, who has been a reporter for five years. "Thats what I want to do."...

Blogging While Brown Conference * Chicago, IL (June 19-20, 2009)
Electronic Village 
11/19 3:00 pm
I am pleased to report that the second annual Blogging While Brown (BWB) Conference will take place on June 19-20, 2009 at the University Center in Chicago. I attended the inaugural BWB Conference earlier this year in Atlanta GA. It appears that next year's event brings more opportunities to network and learn about the issues and concerns that face new media content creators.The BWB Conference provides an outstanding venue for bloggers of color to meet each other, discuss current issues, and learn about the latest technology. It arose in response to widespread dissatisfaction regarding the lac...

This just in. . .
Go Knit In Your Hat 
11/19 2:41 pm
Did you know that "[k]nitting blogs are the estrogen-fueled, crafty-fingered appendix of the blogosphere: surprisingly large once you take a look at them, yet hardly noticeable to anyone but the busy bacteria that hang out there"' Hmm, I'm not sure I like that uncannily accurate description (especially coming from "The A.V. Club" -- which I guess is written by people who watch a lot of teevee but aren't quite funny enough for The Onion'), but at least the authors pay homage to the Yarn Harlot. (Thanks, Mr. G-K-I-Y-H!)...

I find myself fascinated by the fracturing going on within the Republican Party.
Barking Rabbits 
11/19 2:39 pm
It’s kind of like staring at a car crash sitting on the side of the road. You know you shouldn’t be gawking. There are some people there who are having a very bad day. But still, there is this morbid fascination with the very fact of a crash, with all the bent fenders, flashing lights on the police cars and maybe even an ambulance or two. You think to yourself, “Wow, how did that happen' That’s terrible! I’m glad it wasn’t me.”That’s sort of how I feel about the beginnings of what looks to be a crack-up of the modern Republican Party. It’s kind of amazing to watch, esp...

Queen Bee: Prophet
Keeping Stock 
11/19 2:34 pm
The short-term demise of The Hive is a loss to the blogosphere. Keeping Stock was a regular and frequent visitor to The Hive, which seemed to have some very good connections.Today Queen Bee has responded to requests from readers, and posted about a prediction made on 18 December last year. And it is a prophesy which was fulfilled yesterday. Well done QB, thanks for all your insights into the goings-on in Welly-town, and Keeping Stock hopes you return in some shape or form before too long!...

Unlike NBA, When Rugby Players Fight Punches Actually Connect
Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football 
11/19 2:25 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch'v=g-xkYPyqSy8 Added: Nov. 5, 2008 Premise of Video: While most of the sports blogosphere was soaking themselves over the Suns-Rockets quasi-brawl the other night, there are sports where the fights occur and punches connect. Climax of video: Stick with this one until the 1:05 mark to see the knot on the side of one guy's head. That ...

Obama, Reid and the first compromise
uncomfortably numb 
11/19 2:20 pm
The Joe Lieberman soap opera is finally over — replaced on Tuesday by a new two-man show starring Barack Obama and Harry Reid. In the first episode — “What to Do About Joe” — a Senate majority leader who’s worked hard to win over the left-wing blogosphere and a president-elect who’s become everything to everyone are forced to make the pivot from campaign rhetoric to something close to governing. The climax: Reid swallows his tough talk to keep Lieberman — and his vote — in the Democrats’... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, ...

New Media, New Opportunities
Columbia Journalism Review 
11/19 2:17 pm
In the five years since I first became a reporter, I have worked for two established print weeklies, both of which have gone out of business. Most recently, I was working for an award-winning online news site financially supported by a nonprofit organization, before nearly two-thirds of the staff were abruptly laid off after the election. For young......

Activism's "Little Black Book"
The Reaction 
11/19 2:15 pm
By Carol Gee Activists usually are the focus of Wednesday posts at my blog South by Southwest. What to look for, actions to take, news from the active blogosphere, organizations to join or support, environmental concerns, etc., all have had a place at one time or another. Today the focus is more basic -- how to adjust to the changing circumstances of governance and citizen participation."Grassroots for Obama." What now' Ed Kilgore at The Democratic Strategist asked, "What To Do With Obama's Army'" in a recent thought-provoking article, from which I quote:As noted in an LA Times story today by ...

I opened the book and saw ...
Happy Catholic 
11/19 2:07 pm
First a bit of context.Catholic Bibliophagist reviewed one of William L. Biersach's books featuring a Catholic priest solving murders. It sounded something out of the ordinary and our library didn't have anything by that author. Eventually I found a second-hand copy of the first in the series online (they aren't cheap and I was shopping around to try to find the lowest price) and ordered it.It took some time for the book, The Endless Knot, to arrive. Every so often I'd remember it and then wonder if I didn't actually order it but just thought about ordering it. Ah well.Yesterday, however, it s...

Follow the hackers [Valleywag Calendar]
Valleywag, Silicon Valley's Tech Gossip Rag 
11/19 2:00 pm
From personal computing to extreme sports, hackers out for a good time have been pioneering new ways of doing things. Tim O'Reilly, of O'Reilly Media, thinks we should follow them. To find out what O'Reilly thinks alpha geeks tell us about the future, make your way to the Stanford EE Computer Systems Colloquium at 4:15 p.m. Want to know what's next in mobile' Nokia research is sharing the results of a two-year field study on consumer mobile phone use. Get tips on mobile product design and strategy at the Berkeley Center for New Media Commons from 6-7:30 p.m. Only thinking as far as your next d...

Advent Conspiracy
Many Little Blessings 
11/19 2:00 pm
I saw this video while bopping around the blogosphere and I was really moved by it, so I wanted to share it.h/t to Gold Family News...

Saltsman for RNC Chairman
From Their Own Mouths... 
11/19 1:57 pm
Some of you when you read the title your eyes will gloss over. That's ok. I'm a political junkie so I don't expect everybody to be as interested in this as I am. However, after the shellacking that the GOP took on November 4th it is going to be vital that they select the right person to take the reigns of the Republican National Committee. We actually have two fine candidates running. Former Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele has thrown his hat in the ring. I like him. He definitely has a future in the party I think and is a solid conservativ...

Borrowing a meme
In my (not so) abundant spare time.... 
11/19 1:33 pm
In spite of my best intentions, the number of posts I've actually written and, well, posted, has fallen precipitously, even for me. It's not that I haven't wanted to post. Its just that I've been a little short on spare time. That and the inability to think of a worthy topic to blog about. Well I finally have a bit of extra time. At least I'm going to take a bit of extra time. I just submitted not one, but two manuscripts so I think I deserve a bit of down time. That just leaves the challenge of deciding what to blog about, and I've solved that problem by borrowing a meme that is going around ...

Eric Holder, Hillary Clinton, Tom Daschle, et al.
Balter's Blog 
11/19 1:25 pm
Once again this blogger feels compelled to place fingertips on keyboard and issue an electronic yawn over all the buzz about Obama's appointments. The news media and the blogosphere are in a tizzy over what they take to be the meaning of placing lots of folks who served in the Clinton administration--including the former First Lady--in positions of importance and influence. This isn't "change you can believe in," goes the chorus, it's the "restoration" of the Clinton era. "Progressives," who had a long list of other "progressives" they wanted to see in the cabinet and other posts, have got the...

Chip Saltsman's Plan for Republican Victory
The Tolbert Report 
11/19 1:12 pm
This week, Chip Saltsman sent out a letter to the members of the National Republican Committee outlining his plan for Republican victory and making his case as to why he is the best candidate to lead this plan. Saltsman states, “Our state and local party committees will have to be strengthened. New technologies will have to be adopted and implemented. Strategic and tactical adjustments will have to be made. And all this will have to be done before the all-important 2010 mid-term election.” Saltsman claims that the road to “resurgence must begin with a return to our longstanding ideals of...

Neuros Link moves web video to TV
Electronista | Technology, Gadgets, Mobile Phones, DVR, GPS, Camera, Music News 
11/19 12:50 pm
Neuros Technology has announced the Neuros Link, a new media extender meant to push video to TVs. Whereas most extenders are used to stream media from a local PC, the emphasis of the Link is on streaming web video from sources such as CBS and Hulu; ......

Activism's "Little Black Book"
South by Southwest 
11/19 12:28 pm
Activists usually are the focus of Wednesday posts here at South by Southwest. What to look for, actions to take, news from the active blogosphere, organizations to join or support, environmental concerns, etc., all have had a place at one time or another. Today the focus is more basic -- how to adjust to the changing circumstances of governance and citizen participation."Grassroots for Obama." What now' Ed Kilgore at The Democratic Strategist asked, "What To Do With Obama's Army'" in a recent thought-provoking article, from which I quote:As noted in an LA Times story today by Peter Wallste...

Israel: End of the Ceasefire with Hamas
Global Voices Online Weblog 
11/19 12:25 pm
The temporary cease-fire (tahdiya) agreement between Israel and Hamas has come to an end earlier this month with an escalation of violence in the region and a re-implementation of the Gaza blockade. Gilad Lotan highlights conversations on the Israeli blogosphere on the escalation of violence and the humanitarian conditions in Gaza....

Kathleen Parker: More Right Than Wrong
Below The Beltway 
11/19 12:25 pm
It probably could have been expected, but the reaction on the right side of the blogosphere to Kathleen Parker's column about the GOP and religious conservatives, which I wrote about this morning, has been quite blistering. Jonah Goldberg essentially accuses his former collegue of bigotry: I don't know what's more grating, the quasi-bigotry that has you calling ...

Moving On Then: On Open Source Call For Priorities
DelawareLiberal.Net — Ground zero for all things political in Delaware 
11/19 12:22 pm
Well I guess it is time to shake off the confetti of the last election and start looking to the future as bloggers and blog readers. Kavips looks ahead by glancing backward in this awesome post, and I'd like to move the ball further still. What should the Delaware Blogosphere's objectives be for the ...

This is really not good news
Notes from a Teacher - It’s about the journalism 
11/19 12:08 pm
From the MidEast News Source website: Iranian Blogger Could Face Death Sentence An Iranian blogger has been arrested in Iran and charged with spying for Israel. He could face the death penalty if found guilty. Hossein Derakhshan, known around the world as the father of the Iranian blogosphere, was recently arrested upon returning to Iran from Canada. Jahan News, ...