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Comment on About Me by Al

Al — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:00:43 +0000

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Comment on Websites worth visiting by Benjamin

Benjamin — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:29:10 +0000

Hello Blethnaid,

really like your blog. Thanks for pointing us to Exploring Antartica … magic.

We do audio slideshows in the UK. You can see our work here http://www.duckrabbit.info/portfolio and you might also enjoy our blog which is not that different from you’re own.

benjamin

Comment on Foreign Policy bought by Washington Post Co by eoinpurcell

eoinpurcell — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:50:56 +0000

This is great news!

The Washington post is a great newspaper and Foreign Policy is a great magazine!

Eoin

Comment on Huffington Post to go local by Huffington Post’s Chicago site up and running « Blathnaid Healy’s Blog

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:01:26 +0000

[...] Huffington Post’s local news sites launched today. The Chicago site is the first step in a broader strategy to set up a network of local news aggregation sites across the [...]

Comment on Global Classroom – an RTÉ special series by Blathnaid Healy

Blathnaid Healy — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:51:42 +0000

Strange name you got there, whoever gave it to you has an odd sense of humour.

Comment on Global Classroom – an RTÉ special series by Tóin Salach

Tóin Salach — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:25:34 +0000

On TV?! Our little Blathnaid’s all growns up!

Comment on Associated Press fair use battle by Lottie

Lottie — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:00:50 +0000

Fair point. But they’re definitely not the only credible source. I just felt like AP was getting a bit big for its breeches. Sure, readers and bloggers need AP, but AP needs us too. They seemed to have forgotten that for a spell.

Comment on Associated Press fair use battle by Blathnaid Healy

Blathnaid Healy — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:27:36 +0000

Lottie,

Thanks for the comment!

When it comes to the web, links increase the AP’s credibility and no doubt its pagerank too, I can accept that. But the reason why bloggers link to the AP is precisely because it is so credible already.

This credibility is because the AP have spent money and time getting stories researched and written and the bloggers are benefiting from their efforts for free by be able to link to this credible and trustworthy resource whose voice can be relied upon.

When you look at it from that perspective, any “favour” is flowing more from the AP to bloggers than to the AP from bloggers.

Blathnaid

Comment on Associated Press fair use battle by Lottie

Lottie — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:59:12 +0000

Some of this is fair enough, but saying that the AP should consider being linked to by blogs a favour…he can’t actually be serious!

Sure it’s a favor. When bloggers could just as easily link to uncountable other sources with the exact same content, how is it not a favor to choose one over another?

Comment on Internet cited as a cause in LA Times cuts by casualtyofdesign

casualtyofdesign — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:53:56 +0000

Lame excuse if you ask me. The L.A. Times as well as any other publication that wants to stay afloat and prosper needs to think beyond the printing press for sure. I’m sure they’re taking some steps in the right direction but obviously not enough.

I don’t have all the answers and I don’t know how but they should find another medium for the people to work in. As far as I know an editor can edit anything be it on the internet or on paper… so what’s the problem?

Next thing you know they’ll be blaming global warming on the next round of lay offs.

Truly,

~ Mr. Echo