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Still not atwitter over Twitter

by Debbie Weil | Mar 28, 2007 | In the News, Social Media, Uncategorized

Watch this CBS interview with Robert Scoble (apparently filmed at his new office at Podtech.net in San Jose). It’s the best explanation I’ve seen so far of what Twitter is and how it works. As always, Scoble is in his best self-deprecating form. The video...

Brilliant blogger Kathy Sierra gets death threats

by Debbie Weil | Mar 27, 2007 | In the News, Uncategorized

Read this. As of this writing, there are 713 1,165 comments on Kathy Sierra’s blog entry, the most I’ve ever seen on any blog post. I’m sure that number will be higher by the time you click through above. It’s every woman geek’s worst...

The Corporate Blogging Book will be published in Chinese!

by Debbie Weil | Feb 8, 2007 | Events, In the News, The Corporate Blogging Book, Uncategorized

Penguin Portfolio has sold the rights to mainland China publisher, Publishing House of Electronics Industry. The Mandarin Chinese edition comes out in 2007 (tentative date: May or June August or September 2007). Download Chapter 1 in Chinese. A big thanks to Raven Lu...

Philippe Borremans gives The Corporate Blogging Book a thumbs up in a thoughtful review

by Debbie Weil | Jan 30, 2007 | In the News, Uncategorized

Friend and colleague Philippe Borremans notes that writing a book about corporate blogging “is not an easy task.” In fact, he calls it “daunting.” He writes:Debbie also asks the right questions and answers them. She is not a blind believer but...

Understanding Second Life (or trying to)

by Debbie Weil | Jan 25, 2007 | In the News, Uncategorized

A just published Fortune article (quoting IBM CEO Sam Palmisano) makes the point that the 3-D virtual world of Second Life is not “eye candy” and may represent the “next phase of the Internet’s evolution.” But as Alex Manchester puts it...

Outside the tourist bubble: what I learned about the intractable problems in the Middle East

by Debbie Weil | Jan 23, 2007 | In the News, Uncategorized

Note: what follows is *not* the typical focus of this blog. I try to avoid combustible topics like politics and religion. If you’re not interested in hearing my budding thoughts about Sunnis vs. Shiites, monarchies vs. authoritarian governments and the...
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