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SOB Business Cafe 07-07-2006

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SB Cafe

Welcome to the SOB Cafe

We offer the best in thinking–articles on the business of blogging written by the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog. Click on the title shots to enjoy each selection.

The Specials this Week are

Jonic Linley analyzes an interview with Blake Ross, co-founder of the Mozilla Firefox browser project, by a Seattle newspaper. Jonic’s analysis is what makes this post so strong. Great information here.

Seth Godin explains Diggbait.

Tom Vander Well’s thoughts for bloglings are worth reading no matter when you started.

Thoughts for Bloglings

Mama Mouse knows where the Google Blogger/Blogspot help is — multiple links to informed sources.

Help for Blogger Problems

Related ala carte selections include

Bloggers Blog let’s us in on Chris Pirillo and Brad Fitzpatrick’s new comic venture.

Sit back. Enjoy your read. Nachos and drinks will be right over. Stay as long as you like.
No tips required. Comments appreciated.

Have a great weekend!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Net Neutrality 7-7-2006

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Net Neutrality Links

I’m adding these links to the Net Neutrality Page.

Sen. George Allen is deceiving constituents on Net Neutrality

Republican Sen. George Allen is deceiving constituents about his recent vote AGAINST Net Neutrality and Internet freedom–and he’s doing it using taxpayer dollars.

Allen has accepted $113,000 in campaign cash from phone and cable companies AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, and Time Warner. Last week, he voted to let them put tollbooths on the Internet and have more control over what you see and do online–a blow to Internet freedom.

Allen is now using his taxpayer-funded website to say he “voted yes” on a bill that “addresses the issue of Net Neutrality.” Indeed, as MyDD’s Matt Stoller also points out, the bill Allen voted for “addresses” Net Neutrality by putting it on the road to elimination. He voted no on preserving Net Neutrality.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Congratulations TECHCocktail 1!!

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The Event Was a Success!

A lovely event was held tonight at the restaurant State in the center of the Lincoln Park Neighborhood in the city of Chicago. It was attended by 200 or so techies, bloggers, business folks, entrpreneus, and VCs who talked about how the world in moving forward and how we all might work together.

Thanks to all who put it on, especially the guys at Feedburner.

TECHCocktail 1 was a success.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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I’m on 25 Peeps! Will You Click My Picture?

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Fun Promotion for Personal Blogs

There are 25 pictures of individual people.
Each is hot linked to a personal website.
Click the picture you like and visit the blog.
The blogs most visited get into the Peeps Hall of Fame.

hendrik mans

Be sure when you check it out that you click the link in the bottom nav bar to visit the blog of hendrik mans the man who developed 25 Peeps. His personal blog is most interesting in its own right. He’s a web developer who has just shown he knows a bit about outside of the box blog promotion.

Could You Be a Hall of Famer?

You can upload your own picture and knock someone off the page. They’ll check your blog to make sure it’s a personal site–no business please. Then you can see whether you can make the Hall of Fame.

Click, Click, Enter

Click Me Here. Click Me There. Put Yourself in as a Candidate. We’ll track everyone who get up on the 25 Peeps every week.

Click the shot below to go there and get the detials. While you’re there will you click my picture to keep me up at 25peeps?

25 Peeps Liz

Send in your picture to get traffic to your personal weblog too. (It takes a few weeks to get up there.)

I heard about this from Sumeet Jain at Sumeet’s Treasures.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Net Neutrality 7-6-2006

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Net Neutrality Links

I’m adding these links to the Net Neutrality Page.

Net Neutrality : Lawyers silence is deafening

Looks like the majority of lawyers publishing blogs are taking the easy way out and taking no stand on net neutrality.

It’s an embarrassment to the legal profession which should act as champions of a citizen’s rights. Heck, even if you against net neutrality so that telecoms can create a tier two Internet system, at least come out and say so.

Senate Scorecard: AT&T 1, Google 0

If the telcos don’t soon match cable’s three-product package of phone, Internet, and video service, they risk falling dangerously behind in the race to win customer loyalty over the next decade. “We expect accelerating access line losses (from phone companies) throughout the next three years” as cable companies are able to market their full lineup of products to their customers by 2007, Bernstein’s Jeff Halpern told analysts in a recent conference call.

FAST TRACK TO TV. Another crucial element of telecommunications law centers on the process of applying for licenses to sell TV services in new markets. Currently, phone companies must apply for franchise licenses on a city-by-city basis—a process that could take years and slow the telcos’ TV rollout to a crawl. AT&T and Verizon want legislation that lets them apply for a nationwide license.

The Senate committee, hoping to stimulate competition, is open to putting phone companies’ TV plans on the fast track. Its bill essentially allows for TV franchising to be determined at the national level by setting a time limit of 90 days for local government to grant the franchise. If not acted upon after 90 days, the franchise is deemed approved for 15 years. But again, Stevens needs full Senate approval, and leaving TV licenses in the hands of national regulators looks as though it faces opposition among some in the full Senate.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Fireworks Crack Bell in Philadelphia!

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Only as Strong as Weakest Link

The Fourth of July Open Comments Night get together in Philadelphia, left the city with a cracked Liberty Bell and a virulent strain of the infamous link leak virus. Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes. Many new folks attended because of the patriotic holiday and so the infection has spread through the entire northeast.

Cool links were shared.

I’m not sure why HART didn’t bring any recipes with him this time. Maybe he ate before he came.

Overheard Through the Night

Many of the same faces were there, but so were many new ones. These are a few of the statements that were heard. All of them are, of course, taken totally out of context. If you want to know more, I’ve left the comment number so that you can find the thread.

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taorist Says: Yeah. My real name’s taorist, my last name’s .com

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Starbucker Says: Hi Christine – and Liz, what’s this about thinking in the bathroom?? I must confess when I was very very young I used to read a lot of encyclopedias there….

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Mark Wade Says:
Found something to leave a comment at taorist 🙂 Something about you Liz…

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Ben Yoskovitz says: Ideas coming to people in the bathroom!?!
Bravo! I’m with you there. Happens to me all the time. I’ve nearly fallen off the toilet a few times…(Was that too much info? Just tell me if it was, I won’t be hurt.)

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Joe Says: I’ll be back shortly, I am going to sit on my lawn (since it is newly mowed) and watch some fireworks. Won’t be more that about 75-100 comments.

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Christine Kane Says: as far as comments go… lots of people are scared to leave them. it took me forever to leave a comment for liz. and i read her blog for a long time.

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Cuileann McKenzie Says: My husband who is here with me thought it was hilarious that I was 2 pgs behind the action by the time my comment was ready (so y’all can laugh too).

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Rick Says: I thought that was where your evil side came from, Liz – I assumed some of your time in publishing was spent as an editor.

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ME Strauss Says: Why, Mr. Mark, *she said in her best Scarlett O’Hara* I think you are the kindest man. I’ve been publishing since my son was born in 1985. I was only 6 years old then, of course. He was a miracle baby.

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Fraser Says:anyone still celebrating?

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HART (1-800-HART) Says:
Hi Fraser .. Nice to meet another Canadian .. and, if we don’t already know each other .. Our parents grew up in different neighborhoods together! I’m sure of it.

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Douglas Says: Nah, I’m here Liz. Yes, it is addictive. I think I’ll be leaving in a few, though. It’s getting fairly late here.

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Chris Cree Says:Liz, you ought to know that Fat Boy (the Cat Whisperer figured out it was him) got his aim back. Even without thumbs. So all is well.

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Cat Says: Chocolate! I forgot I have a huge bar in the fridge.

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Tammy Says: Well, I can’t stay long ~. . . I have learned something though ~ I think I could just go through and meet all of you on your blogs which is what I’m working on so when you see Tammy ~ it’s probably me from Liz’s corner!

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andy fossett Says:
damn, it’s already the fith here… i somehow managed to totally miss independence day – i live i japan, but i’m still an american. i must be crasy busy not to have at least planned a bbq. oh well. next year, i’ll be back stateside, so i won’t miss it. double damn, it’s too rainy to shoot of fireworks… what a waste.

And here’s to a couple of friends who went to Greece to find us. My bad — I gave them a confusing link.


timethief and ScotHerrick, you two are the best sports. Thanks for understanding.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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