The STLBG would like to extend a hearty welcome to, and introduce, our newest members. Please take a moment to visit the websites of these writers and photographers:
47 Thoughts: “A city living architect and mom” offering “a fourth floor view of life.”
All Things Pink: “My journey through life and business as a designer and photographer.”
One [...]
Mama e Momo
If a lumberjack sneezes into a Kluunex in the woods, do you think Kleenex® hears? You bet they do, they probably have people who listen for it as it dilutes their protected brand and trademark. When St. Louis blogger, and co-founder of the St. Louis Bloggers Guild, Dana Loesch registered her trademark Mamalogues®, [...]
Blogger friendly tools for searching on Twitter.
When James Karl Buck was arrested by Egyptian police during a demonstration, he only had to use one word to to get his message out to his supporters. Armed with his cell phone, according to the MercuryNews.com., he used Twitter and typed the word “Arrested”. Within a day, he was free—thanks to a wide circle [...]
Someone in my family is a journalist. Newspaper reporter to be exact. For the purposes of this post, I’ll call her Miss Story. Because of Miss Story, I’ve had an ear to the ground about the decline of newspapers (and by extension mainstream media) for quite awhile with regards to layoffs, buyouts, and other such [...]
Once upon a time, in an internet far away, commerce and thoughts were available to all, at any speed, no matter the size or depth of your pockets. It was a fairytale of net-neutrality, and after the FCC’s statement on April 22nd it will remain just that - a fairytale.
Bandwidth is like hogs and copper - a commodity traded between telecom’s and content providers. Bandwidth is valuable, [...]
Bloggers at Atomic Cowboy St. Louis.
Another case of a blogger being fired over the blog? Perhaps not.
Michael Tunison covered news outside of the D.C. area for the Washington Post until it was discovered that he blogged on the Kissing Suzy Kolber sports/humor website. He wrote under the pseudonym “Christmas Ape” but outed himself in this post, even linking to the [...]
St. Louis residents were awakened around 4:30 a.m. by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake centered several miles from West Salem, Illinois. The forceful shaking which lasted nearly a minute. As the shaking stopped, many St. Louis area Twitterers (and beyond) went to their keyboards to discuss damage. This was nearly 30 minutes before any word from [...]
Recent quarterly reports show magazine ad revenue and ad pages are declining.
“Of the 231 magazines that reported advertising figures in both 2007 and 2008, 153 reported a decrease in advertising pages—80 by 10 percent or more. And only 54 magazines reported ad page gains of more than 10 percent.”
Interestingly, OK! magazine and Everyday with Rachael [...]
