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Wednesday, November 15, 2006
And that's not all, folks 
| | ...there is no single reason that I blog. Yes, I would like to control my own destiny on the search engines. Yes, I would like to raise the rank of my own thoughts over the opinions of others who are commenting on me. |
| | But there are scores of other reasons I blog. I have fallen in love with sharing my thoughts to whomever will read or stumble upon them. I have become a good netizen by encouraging sharing and cross linking. I have helped explain my own position, and I've been able to respond to some breaking issues that affect my company. I have started a conversation with my readers, most of whom are users of AOL's products and fans of my teams. |
| | In short, I take blogging very seriously. I have many communities to serve that read my blog - my friends and family members, AOL community and industry members, my sports team's communities of interest, my charitable worlds and now my film-making community. And the industry at large. It has become a bit of an online diary for me. |
| | There's more. Read the whole thing. |
| | Bonus linkage from Frank Paynter ("...he even bought Jason Calacanis!"), Nick Carr ("What Leonsis is doing, in short, is working the system. And isn't that what climbing and controlling hierarchies have always been about?"), Beth Gottfried, and everybody else you'll find here and here. |
| | Also, in respect to Nick and hierarchies, here's some leveraged Technorati's charting on the matter: |
Surf's up
Money loves company
| | Fact: 25% of billionaires are gay* (in whole or part). |
| | Fact: 27% of hedge fund managers are gay (in whole or part). |
| | Fact: 54% of adult gays are college grads (compared with 28% of the general population). |
| | Fact: The average income of adult gays is $53,500 (compared with $32,000 for the general population). |
| | With that kind of brain power and economic clout, shouldn't we be recruiting more gays to move here? Yes, we should! |
| | Twenty-seven states ban same-sex marriage in their constitutions; Fourteen others ban same-sex marriage legislatively. That's 41 states' worth of gays that need a place to gay marry and settle down. LET'S MAKE GUILFORD COUNTY THAT PLACE. |
| | Percy's blog is subtitled News, commentary and advice from the Greensboro billionaire (and his CFO). |
| | Question for Ed: Just one billionaire? |
Elsewhere bound
| | The World is Not Flat is an excellent blog by Lee & Sachi Lefever, who are travelling around the world while writing thoughtful posts and taking beautiful photographs. Chech it out. |
Looking back and forward
| | We saw the GOP effectively use technology to empower their grassroots supporters in offline efforts like neighborhood walks, house parties, and maps and directions to the polls. The only thing that was missing was a message for grassroots supporters to carry. |
| | In the political treatise Flying Upside Down Joe Gaylord coined "E=MC2: Election = Message times Candidate squared." People vote for a candidate they trust with the right message. In this difficult election Republicans never found their true voice and the message on why they should have stayed in power. Technology could not make up for their deficiency. |
| | As we conservatives regroup and turn to 2008, we should look first to the principles we believe in and what technology we use to carry our message second. |
| | Another from Ethan Zuckerman: |
| | If there's a lesson for 2008 in my deep blue state, it's that there's always something to talk about in an election, even when the big races are fait acompli. According to the email I got this morning from my retired neighbor, one of the ballot questions - a complex proposition regarding the rights of home daycare workers to form unions - lost by four votes. I'm wishing I'd learned more about that ballot question and spent a bit less time listening to the blogosphere speculate about races I don't get to vote in. |
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