The readers have spoken and this new feature now has the shiny new title, "The Second Cup" courtesy of TR contributor Josh Shultz. Here's how Josh explained his reasoning for the title:
Your hope is that folks come visit your round-up every morning – but most will do it after they blow through their other bookmarks and news items of the day. Get them excited about coming to you later in the morning, right after they top off their second cup of coffee – so they can enjoy some cool tech links/stories.
Well said Josh, and since I'm on my second cup of coffee now, I guess it's time for the main event.
"The Top 10 Reasons Bloggers Don't Succeed," John Hawkins, RightWingNews.com.
Last week, the Blogging While Female article that I did touched on, in passing, some recommendations for bloggers who want to become more successful. I heard from a few people that they wanted to hear more on that topic and although I'm no Michelle Malkin or Power Line, I have done well enough to blog for a living, so I must be doing something right. Moreover, I have been writing on the net since 1998 and doing political blogging since 2001, so I have seen a lot -- and I mean a LOT -- of bloggers come and go.
With that in mind, here are, in my humble opinion, the top ten reasons that bloggers don't succeed...
"Poll: Most Americans don't read political blogs," Reuters.
A majority of Americans do not read political blogs, the online commentaries that have proliferated in the race for the U.S. presidency, according to a poll released on Monday.
Only 22 percent of people responding to the poll said they read blogs regularly, meaning several times a month or more, according to the survey conducted by Harris Interactive.
"Unlikely friends blog for peace," Joshua Mitnick, Washington Times.
They are friends at opposite poles of an Israeli-Palestinian war zone — an Israeli border town and a Gaza Strip refugee camp.
But they have been reunited in the blogosphere, writing a joint online diary to stave off their own despair and prove that dialogue is still possible across their bloody divide.
"Using Twitter For Serious Stuff - Great Idea or Utter Insanity?," Mashable.com.
At times of conferences such as right now, when SXSW is being held, I see tweets flying around with people inviting other people to meetings, arranging interviews and lunches and generally doing stuff that would normally be done with a phone or at least e-mail.
I’m not saying this can’t be done. Twitter itself is a barebone tool, but it does have an open API and a myriad of “helper” tools that can help you organize your tweets and tweets from your friends and followers better. But, the thing is, Twitter is popular precisely because it does not have a lot of features and options.
"State blog solicits views on hot-button issues," Nicholas Kralev, Washington Times.
The State Department has crossed a new frontier.
For decades, most of its interaction with the public consisted of speeches and occasional question-and-answer sessions, at which officials explained U.S. policies.
Now the department is soliciting outside views on some of the Bush administration's most controversial policies, such as those on Iran, North Korea and Cuba, in a series of Web discussions on its official blog, called "Dipnote."
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