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The Mic Is On: What Do You Know . . . About Blogging?

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It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

The Mic Is On

Here’s how it works.

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME
The rules are simple — be nice.

There are always first timers and new things to talk about. It’s sort of half “Cheers” part “Friends” and part video game. You don’t know how much fun it is until you try it.

The Topic is Everything I know about blogging . . . and who’s got some great ideas?

We might also talk about

  • podcasting, video
  • what we learned, what we want folks to know
  • what was the biggest surprise of 2006
  • what we hope for 2007 and whatever else we ant to share.

including THE EVER POPULAR,
Basil the code-writing donkey, and who are those ducks?

Curious Ducks

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: We’re Talking About Blogging

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Yes the Mic Will Be on Tonight

Join Us Tonight for Tues. Open Comments

The Topic is: Everything I Know about Blogging. . . and who’s got some great ideas?

We might also talk about podcasting, video and whatever else comes up.

The rules are simple — be nice.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Net Neutrality 01-02-07

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Net Neutrality Links

I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.

AT&T Concession Thoroughly Debunks Key Anti-Net Neutrality Myth [via Anything They Say]

NEWS RELEASE

AT&T’s agreement to Net Neutrality as a condition of their merger with Bell South was a huge victory for Internet freedom. It also debunks a top myth told to the public by Internet freedom opponents like AT&T: that Net Neutrality can’t be defined. It can be – AT&T just did it.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Read on to see how AT&T found a way to do it when it served their financial interests.

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Happy Blogtipping New Year!

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Link Love for Making Us Smarter

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Today I’m celebrating official Blogtipping Day. How about you? As the song goes “Give a little bit . . .” Here’s how it works.

  • Choose three bloggers you admire and link to them.
  • List three reasons why you admire each one.
  • Then add a tip at the end.

That’s all there is to it.

Improbulus

  • When I go to your blog, A Consuming Experience, I know that I’ll find deep content that’s unique and useful.
  • You test the tutorials and tools that you discover. I can trust that your review is what it says.
  • I don’t know what you do when you’re not blogging, but I’d like to suggest some software companies who could use your documentation skills.

Tip: Happy New Year! Are you best friends with your header? It might be fun to plan a new one for the new year. I would rewrite your description as bad poetry . . . Just kidding.

Lorelle VanFossen

  • It’s a favorite trip to visit Lorelle at WordPress. I’m always surprised and delighted at what I find there to get my brain going.
  • Lorrelle, you write posts about how folks get ideas, but you have so many. Every post has a new and interesting twist. I’m always amazed by them.
  • You know your stuff, but you translate so that nongeeky folks like me can understand what it’s about.

Tip: You’ve gotten so good at this . . . could you mess up once in a while?

Becky McCray

  • One visit to Small Biz Survival and I get my energy renewed and my spirit lifted.
  • Becky, your new design is an example of how a small biz can present itself and I applaud every one of your brag backet features!
  • Your ideas are fresh and yet, the’re imminently doable. They work in Oklahoma and the big city.

Tip: I might be missing it, but I don’t think you talk enough about ALL OF THE THINGS YOU DO SO WELL. I know you brag once in a while, but one conversation let me know that it’s so understated.

Thanks to all three of you for bringing positivity to the blogosphere. I’m smiling just to think of the contribution you make.

–Me “Liz” Strauss

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New Year’s Eve Snacks and Beverages in the Sidebar

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Holidays Come with Traditions

This holiday brings celebrations of things to come . . . of great things that have happened . . . and of great burdens that we have faced down. Congratulations on having made it through another year! May you have a great one before you filled with happiness, joy, and wonder.

I’m happy to be here tonight, making sure that there’s at least one safe place open with plenty of snacks and beverages in the sidebar. If you need anything, I’m right in your computer, enjoy the evening and follow the usual rule — be nice.

Saloon Opening Day

Be nice to everyone. Don’t drink and blog.

Happy New Year’s Eve,

Your local saloonkeeper’s daughter.
Liz's Signature

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Net Neutrality 12-29-2006 — AT&T Gives Way On Net Neutrality

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Net Neutrality Links

I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.

AT&T compromise may get merger approved

WASHINGTON — AT&T Inc. has offered a new set of concessions that are expected to satisfy the two Democrats on the Federal Communications Commission and lead to approval of the company’s $85 billion buyout of BellSouth Corp. Approval by the full commission could happen as soon as Friday.

AT&T filed a letter of commitment with the agency Thursday night that adds a number of new conditions to the deal, including a promise to observe “network neutrality” principles, an offer of affordable stand-alone digital subscriber line service and a promise to give up some wireless spectrum.

Final approval still requires a vote of the commissioners, which can happen at any time via computer. The proposed deal is the largest telecommunications merger in U.S. history.

[ . . . ]

Among the promises made by the company:

_An offer of stand-alone, high-speed Internet service to customers in its service area for $19.95 per month. The “naked DSL (digital subscriber line)” offer would allow those who live in AT&T and BellSouth’s service areas to sign up for fast Internet access without being required to buy a package of other services.

_A greater commitment to network neutrality, or nondiscrimination involving Internet traffic. AT&T said it would “maintain a neutral network and neutral routing in its wireline broadband Internet access service.”

_To freeze rates for “special access” customers, usually competitors and large businesses that pay to connect directly to a regional phone company’s central office via a dedicated fiber optic line, for 48 months.

_To “assign and/or transfer to an unaffiliated third party” all of its 2.5 GHZ spectrum currently licensed to BellSouth within one year of the merger closing date.

_To “repatriate” 3,000 jobs that were outsourced by BellSouth outside the U.S. by Dec. 31, 2008, with at least 200 of those jobs to be located in New Orleans.

Ben Scott, legislative director for Free Press, a reform group that has fought the merger, said the network neutrality provision was a “big step forward for the supporters of an open Internet.”

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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