Blogging Phenomenon Links

Twitter snaps up Google Asia exec

Service could be set for greater expansion in the region Micro-blogging phenomenon Twitter is stepping up its efforts at international expansion and has pinched a senior Google executive in a clear sign the company could be looking to target Asia in the coming months.…

Happy Birthday Tetrapod Zoology: SIX YEARS of blogging

Montage of assorted things from the previous year of blogging. Passerine phylogeny, flightless ibises, ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs, books. Click to enlarge. It s that time again. Today is January 21 st , meaning that it s this blog s birthday. Lo, for the internet blogging sensation known as Tetrapod Zoology came into being on this very day, six years ago. Yes, SIX YEARS ago. As is normal on ...

Twitter cosies up to governments with country-level blocking

The tweets must flow, unless we're told they shouldn't... Micro-blogging phenomenon Twitter has modified its commitment to the free flow of information online by adding a new feature enabling the removal of users' tweets at a country level while allowing them to be viewed elsewhere.…

Popular Mom Blog 5MinutesForMom.com Launches Weekly Pinterest Blog Carnival Pin It Friday

5MinutesForMom.com has long been a leading innovator in the mom blogging space and has launched a new weekly Pin It Friday carnival to introduce bloggers to the latest social media phenomenon that is Pinterest.Blaine, Washington State (PRWEB) January 31, 2012 Blogging may still be at the core of social media, but the latest craze that has stolen most bloggers' attention is Pinterest. The good ...

If It Looks Like a Compliment, and Sounds Like a Compliment...Is It Really a Compliment?

Two weeks ago I was at Science Online 2012, the annual conference for science bloggers and writers in Raleigh, NC. While there, I attended the session on Blogging Science While Female (a more detailed summary of the session can be found here ). At the session, many of the women in the room expressed discouragement at how many comments they have received that, while seemingly complimentary ...