Mint, 21 may 2008, carried an editorial under the heading our view on Bachchan and his blog.
Even though in India, the penetration of internet is low, blogging is getting enough attention.
Without the mediation of regular media, a blog can attract visitors. Evidence: Number of comments on Amitabh's blog.
http://blogs.bigadda.com/ab/
Some of the posts have more than 800 comments.
This the Mint writer says is on par with the record of some of the cult bloggers. Ariana Huffington and Scott Adams.
Indian CEOs and Politicians need to use blogging to interact with their consumers and supporters.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
The 2007 Black Weblog Awards Winners
From http://www.ebonyjet.com/technology/buzz/index.aspx
In 2005, that "Karsh", launched the Black Weblog Awards as a means of acknowledging what was happening in the space of blogs written by blacks.
It primarily still is a one person operation. Nevertheless, its first year garnered nominations for more than 2000 individual blogs. Now in its third year, the 2007 version received nominations for 7,852 separate blogs in 17 different categories.
The 2007 Black Weblog Awards Winners
Best Blog Community
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Judges' Vote: Nappturality
Best Blog Design
Popular Vote: Young Black and Fabulous
Judges' Vote: Clutch Magazine
Best Post Series
Popular Vote: Nappy Diatribe blog - Who Killed Hip Hop?
Judges' Vote: What About Our Daughters Wins Battle
Best Business Blog
Popular Vote: Black In Business
Judges' Vote: Black In Business
Best Celebrity Blog
Popular Vote: Tyra Banks
Judges' Vote: ?uestlove
Best Culture Blog
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Judges' Vote: AfroBella
Best Faith-Based Blog
Popular Vote: Are You There God It's Me, Dawn
Judges' Vote: The Infidel Guy Show
Best Fictional Blog
Popular Vote Fake Janice Combs
Judges’ Vote: Life and Times of Ata Nafia
Best Food Blog
Popular Vote: A Lot About Nothing
Judges' Vote: Trini Gourmet
Best Gossip Blog
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Judges' Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Best Group Blog
Popular Vote: Concrete Loop
Judges' Vote: Racialicious
Best Hip-Hop Blogs
Popular Vote: Real Talk NY
Judges' Vote: The Smoking Section
Best Humor Blog
Popular Vote: Crunk & Disorderly
Judges' Vote: Funky Brown Chick
Best International Blog
Popular Vote: Black Women in Europe
Judges' Vote: Black Women in Europe
Best LGBT Blog
Popular Vote: Keith Boykin
Judges' Vote: Keith Boykin
Best Music Blog
Popular Vote: Real Talk NY
Judges' Vote: HoneySoul.com
Best New Blog
Popular Vote: Blogxilla.com
Judges' Vote: Stereohyped
Best Niche Blog
Popular Vote: Afrobella
Judges' Vote: Fly
Best Personal Blog
Popular Vote: The Beautiful Struggler
Judges' Vote: inthelifeof.org
Best Photo Blog
Popular Vote: The D-Nice Journal
Judges' Vote: Alakija
Best Podcast
Popular Vote: Hood Hype
Judges' Vote: Friday Favecast
Best Political/News Blog
Popular Vote: The Field Negro
Judges' Vote: Jack and Jill Politics
Best Science/Technology Blog
Popular Vote: Nerd with Swag
Judges' Vote: Tiffany B. Brown
Best Sports/Recreation Blog
Popular Vote: The Starting Five
Judges' Vote: The Starting Five
Best Teen Blog
Popular Vote: My Teenage Years
Judges' Vote: Queer Kid of Color
Best Video Blog
Popular Vote: Love B. Scott
Judges' Vote: Ill Doctrine
Best Writing in a Blog
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Judges' Vote: Blackprof.com
Black Blogger Achievement Award
Popular Vote: Keith Boykin
Judges' Vote: Baratunde Thurston
Blog of the Year
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Judges' Vote: What About Our Daughters?
Blog to Watch
Popular Vote: Real Talk NY
Judges' Vote: Average Bro
In 2005, that "Karsh", launched the Black Weblog Awards as a means of acknowledging what was happening in the space of blogs written by blacks.
It primarily still is a one person operation. Nevertheless, its first year garnered nominations for more than 2000 individual blogs. Now in its third year, the 2007 version received nominations for 7,852 separate blogs in 17 different categories.
The 2007 Black Weblog Awards Winners
Best Blog Community
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Judges' Vote: Nappturality
Best Blog Design
Popular Vote: Young Black and Fabulous
Judges' Vote: Clutch Magazine
Best Post Series
Popular Vote: Nappy Diatribe blog - Who Killed Hip Hop?
Judges' Vote: What About Our Daughters Wins Battle
Best Business Blog
Popular Vote: Black In Business
Judges' Vote: Black In Business
Best Celebrity Blog
Popular Vote: Tyra Banks
Judges' Vote: ?uestlove
Best Culture Blog
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Judges' Vote: AfroBella
Best Faith-Based Blog
Popular Vote: Are You There God It's Me, Dawn
Judges' Vote: The Infidel Guy Show
Best Fictional Blog
Popular Vote Fake Janice Combs
Judges’ Vote: Life and Times of Ata Nafia
Best Food Blog
Popular Vote: A Lot About Nothing
Judges' Vote: Trini Gourmet
Best Gossip Blog
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Judges' Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Best Group Blog
Popular Vote: Concrete Loop
Judges' Vote: Racialicious
Best Hip-Hop Blogs
Popular Vote: Real Talk NY
Judges' Vote: The Smoking Section
Best Humor Blog
Popular Vote: Crunk & Disorderly
Judges' Vote: Funky Brown Chick
Best International Blog
Popular Vote: Black Women in Europe
Judges' Vote: Black Women in Europe
Best LGBT Blog
Popular Vote: Keith Boykin
Judges' Vote: Keith Boykin
Best Music Blog
Popular Vote: Real Talk NY
Judges' Vote: HoneySoul.com
Best New Blog
Popular Vote: Blogxilla.com
Judges' Vote: Stereohyped
Best Niche Blog
Popular Vote: Afrobella
Judges' Vote: Fly
Best Personal Blog
Popular Vote: The Beautiful Struggler
Judges' Vote: inthelifeof.org
Best Photo Blog
Popular Vote: The D-Nice Journal
Judges' Vote: Alakija
Best Podcast
Popular Vote: Hood Hype
Judges' Vote: Friday Favecast
Best Political/News Blog
Popular Vote: The Field Negro
Judges' Vote: Jack and Jill Politics
Best Science/Technology Blog
Popular Vote: Nerd with Swag
Judges' Vote: Tiffany B. Brown
Best Sports/Recreation Blog
Popular Vote: The Starting Five
Judges' Vote: The Starting Five
Best Teen Blog
Popular Vote: My Teenage Years
Judges' Vote: Queer Kid of Color
Best Video Blog
Popular Vote: Love B. Scott
Judges' Vote: Ill Doctrine
Best Writing in a Blog
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Judges' Vote: Blackprof.com
Black Blogger Achievement Award
Popular Vote: Keith Boykin
Judges' Vote: Baratunde Thurston
Blog of the Year
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Judges' Vote: What About Our Daughters?
Blog to Watch
Popular Vote: Real Talk NY
Judges' Vote: Average Bro
Multiple-size Embedded Presentations from Google Docs
Google Docs has just updated their embedded presentation feature to support multiple sizes, so now presentations can look even better in blog posts. To add a presentation to your blog, create it in Google Docs and copy the “Mini Presentation Module” HTML into a blog post.
You can include YouTube videos, images, and text captions into slides to condense and display a “deck” of graphical content in a concise format in your posts.
Google Docs is a free, web-based word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation application
http://buzz.blogger.com/2008/05/multiple-size-embedded-presentations.html
Embedding presentations in a website
If you’d like to post a presentation online, you’ll need to publish it first. To publish a presentation, follow the instructions below:
Click the Publish tab in the upper-right corner of the screen
Click the Publish document button
After publishing your presentation, use the Select presentation size dropdown menu to choose the preferred size of your embedded presentation
Copy and paste the code that appears into your website to embed it. Small or medium sizes work best in blogs, while large is most suitable for onscreen viewing and reading.
Once you’ve embedded a presentation, please keep in mind that others can access the code and embed this presentation on additional sites by clicking the Menu button at the bottom-right of the embedded presentation.
http://documents.google.com/support/presentations/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=86101
You can include YouTube videos, images, and text captions into slides to condense and display a “deck” of graphical content in a concise format in your posts.
Google Docs is a free, web-based word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation application
http://buzz.blogger.com/2008/05/multiple-size-embedded-presentations.html
Embedding presentations in a website
If you’d like to post a presentation online, you’ll need to publish it first. To publish a presentation, follow the instructions below:
Click the Publish tab in the upper-right corner of the screen
Click the Publish document button
After publishing your presentation, use the Select presentation size dropdown menu to choose the preferred size of your embedded presentation
Copy and paste the code that appears into your website to embed it. Small or medium sizes work best in blogs, while large is most suitable for onscreen viewing and reading.
Once you’ve embedded a presentation, please keep in mind that others can access the code and embed this presentation on additional sites by clicking the Menu button at the bottom-right of the embedded presentation.
http://documents.google.com/support/presentations/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=86101
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