Tag: BLOGGING

Everyone out there has endured writer's block at some point. You don't have to be a novelist, or even a pro-blogger to have smacked up against the wall at some point. Sadly, if you're struggling with a school paper we can't help you, but IBM thinks it has a solution for those bloggers that might be stuck for topics. Blog Muse is a social tool that allows users to suggest and vote on topics ...

Blog lovers this week are lamenting the loss of one of the Web's oldest and most beloved bloggers. According to Reuters, Maria Amelia Lopez of La Coruña, Spain passed away this week at the age of 97. In her blog, Lopez discussed the tribulations of living through the Spanish Civil War and the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, as well as current topics including hosting Spanish Prime ...

As more and more major newspapers fold, in the face of dwindling advertisers and subscribers, bloggers are usurping their roles in record numbers. According to The Wall Street Journal, over 20 million people now blog in the United States. Of those, 1.7 million earn money doing so, while 450,000 primarily earn their livings through the blogged word. Those statistics indicate that there are now ...

If you're out of work and looking for a job, you don't need us to tell you how hard it is to get hired right now -- with the unemployment rate ballooning every week, there have never been so many qualified people competing for so few jobs. So how do you get yourself noticed? This article on Forbes.com suggests starting a blog about your profession or industry. The concept is simple -- keep ...

The Internet has mostly made our lives better. We love Google for putting piles of information at our fingertips, and, without the Web, there would be no Switched. That being said, it's undeniable that the Internet has ruined some good things, as well. The blog OMG Lists has compiled a list of nine good things ruined by the Internet (one of those things being lists). So, what good things in ...

It's not news that the economy is hurting people. But it is news that the financial crisis may be responsible for depriving us of the musings of a D-list celebrity. Yes, dozens of Americans might be reeling today at the news that 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' star Kim Zolciak's Web site has been suspended "due to failure of payment." We're not sure what happened yet, but that's the news ...

Despite the looming possibility that incoming president Barack Obama may have to give up e-mail, there is still strong expectation that an Obama administration will be sensitive to technology issues. One of those reasons is his continued appointment of people with deep connections to cyber culture. Obama's latest appointment is Tom Daschle as head of Health and Human Services (we thought that ...

Last May, after a series of blogs created by U.S. Army soldiers on deployment gained worldwide notoriety and popularity, the military cracked down, effectively putting an end to the practice. Now one of the most popular of those silenced bloggers, Colby Buzzell, has written a book and continues to speak out about his experiences there and his hopes for the future. Buzzell, who operated a blog ...

While many Americans tuned into those glum ol' news networks Tuesday night, Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart dished out an entertaining -- if not absurd -- night of election coverage, as is shown in this clip on ValleyWag. With a finger always on the heartbeat of young America, Colbert ran a multi-layered digital media assault from his seat behind the news desk. At one point during the evening, ...

We always figured this day would come, but so soon? We're obsolete, ladies and gentlemen. It's been a great ride, and we're glad we got to do just one more Stevenote with y'all before we fade into the night, but the robots have arrived, and they're going to blog harder, better, faster and stronger. We cannot compete. Bandai just announced the Net Tansor Web, a Wi-Fi-equipped robot with a ...

Feeling down? Need a little pick-me-up? Like ridiculously cute pictures of ridiculously cute things? Well gosh, you've just got to check out CuteOverload.com, a site wholly dedicated to cute updates of cute things. It started three years ago as a little test blog for kicks, and now has grown into the beginnings of an aww-inspiring empire, selling the entire supply of its first calendar on ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2008/07/17/congressman-wants-to-set-rules-for-official-twitter-tweets/'; Elected officials and government bodies have had official Web sites since the Internet came into popular use, but now Congress is trying to grapple with a relatively new Web phenomenon: microblogging. This type of communication is typified by sites like Twitter, which allows users to ...

Olive Riley, the world's oldest blogger, died this Saturday in a nursing home in Woy Woy, Australia. The bubbly and mentally sharp Riley began blogging in February of last year with the help of a friend who helped put Riley's posts on the Web. Riley won herself a sizable international audience with her ruminations on historical events of the last century -- she was born in 1899 -- and her upbeat ...

Blog posts and social networking sites have cost people jobs, relationships, and freedom. But it's rare that high school students get blatantly censored and reprimanded for using for using foul language on said online outlets outside of school. Avery Doninger was the class secretary at Lewis S. Mills High School in Burlington, Connecticut, but was barred for running for re-election her senior ...

Blogging is fun, informative, and is amazingly still gaining in popularity after all these years. Did you know it's good for your health, though? According to a recent report in the magazine Oncologist, cancer patients who wrote about their experience and treatment felt measurably better than those who did not. Such behavior is called "expressive writing," and blogging definitely falls under ...