You may have noticed that suddenly, this blog looks totally different. I started tinkering with it when I switched from the old commenting platform I was using (Echo comments) to Disqus. Why did I switch? Because Echo recently started charging $10 a month and since this blog is only for fun and not a money-maker […]
BlogWorld Expo New York Recap
It has been a whirlwind few days in my world, to say the least. Last Thursday I participated in BlogWorld’s Twitter party in an attempt to win a pass to BlogWorld NYC. By some miracle–ok, actually because I can Google answers to trivia questions like nobody’s business–I won a two-day pass to the conference. Which […]
Time for a War on The Term “Mommy Blog”?
I was practically screaming YES! when I read this WSJ article “Time for a War on ‘Mommy’” in which Taffy Brodesser-Akner poses a question I really want to know the answer to: “Why are we grown women calling each other Mommy?” Why are we? Why are we (mainstream media, PR agencies—and, of course, the bloggers […]
Another Association Blogger Outreach Fail…Shocker
Examples like these are so misguided and ridiculous that they honestly make me embarassed to be part of the association world. In case you don’t want to click that link, the example to which I’m referring is a letter sent by the Director, Industry Communications for the National Potato Council. Except you would have no […]
How Do You Handle Blog Burnout?
I don’t know if it’s because of the weather or the fact that I’m busy with work and side projects and secret Facebook groups and family or what, but I’m feeling a weird shift in my feelings about the whole social media thing. A shift which is making continuing this blog seriously hard. I don’t […]
Why Facebook Groups are Killing my Blog
Wow, long time no blog (or at least it feels like it to me). I’ve missed it. Well, sort of. What’s been keeping me away, you ask? Several things: First, my Macbook wasn’t working right. I’m embarrassed to admit how many computers there are in my house but here goes: 2 desktops, 3 laptops (not […]
Vote for Mizz Information in the Mobbies?
So you know how I hate lists and the popularity contest that is social media. But I am admittedly intrigued at the possibility of actually being on a list for once…the Baltimore Sun‘s Mobbie awards for Maryland’s Outstanding Blogs. Want to help this C-Lister find out what it feels like to be on a list […]
BlogWorld Recap
Ok, well I had grand intentions of blogging from BlogWorld, but the full-blown suckiness of AT&T prevented me from being able to do it. Not to go off on a tangent, but I can’t even TELL you how frustrating it was to be at a conference, trying to do one of the following at any […]
BlogWorld Here I Come!
Tomorrow morning I’m headed to Vegas to BlogWorld & New Media Expo. I can’t wait. And not just because it’s in Vegas, but because I’ll finally be able to meet (or at least see in real life) many of the people I’ve “seen” online every day for the past few years. I decided to go […]
According to AP, Bloggers Are Journalists
Apparently citizen journalists are now just plain old journalists–well, usually unpaid journalists. This from the Associated Press, which announced today that its staff “will recognize bloggers as valid sources of news and credit them in their articles.” They’re still one step behind the times, though, because their new stance extends only to blogs, not Facebook […]