But there's already a Blogher 06 tag up on Flickr. Let's take a look at a few...

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The birth of BlogHer sheds some light into how women use technology differently. Last year, a group of female bloggers held a one-day conference; 300 people showed up. They created a Web page where they could meet and discuss issues. And now, the organization BlogHer.org has several conferences a year complete with corporate sponsors. The group launched an ad network recently for more than 30 parenting bloggers with advertisers such as Elexa by Trojan, Disney and Intuit.

``BlogHer the conference became BlogHer the community and then BlogHer the business,'' said Elisa Camahort, BlogHer's co-founder and a former high-tech product manager.

BlogHer, based in Palo Alto, aims to be the Yellow Pages and TV Guide for female bloggers. While any woman can submit her blog, all blogs are reviewed before added to the community.

Nice recognition... right under the Grand Prix coverage on the front page.

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But if you want to get an idea of what went on this morning, check out the terrific live blogging from our friend Susan Mernit..
Susan focuses on the spirit in the air of Blogher.

It's the second annual BlogHer conference and not only is the 600+ audience 90% women, some of them have kids in tow, from babies in arms to toddlers nibbling fruit.. When you see at least five different women walk by, each of them holding a child by one hand, and a laptop in the other, you know this ain't no boys club --au contraire, it's the epitome of open source journalism--lots of the women here just plain don't go to tech conferences--but they come to this one.

Susan also sat in Lisa Stone's writing for blogs session...while right now I'm getting some great information from Elise Bauer on how to build audience for your blog.

The energy here really is terrific.

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Unfortunately I missed the morning sessions but right now I'm sitting in a fascinating lunch session focusing on tagging and Flickr. So far questions have focused on how tagging sites help to create and facilitate the expansion of communities where none were previously apparent. If you're at Blogher please stop by and say Hi (I'm the big guy with a beard in a KRON hat)

There's a lot more to come... I will be live blogging from Blogher both today and tomorrow so please strap in, put your tray tables in an upright postition, and enjoy Blogher 2006.

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Well it looks like the Good Ole Days are coming back. But first I need your help.

We have just posted a job opening both on our web page and on Craigslist for a full-time Internet News Producer to work on both KRON4.com and TBAiT. Do you know someone who would be a good fit for this position? I'm looking for someone who is more of a news writer and content person than a geek... although an interest and aptitude for things like Flash, Photoshop, Moveable Type, etc. would be much appreciated.

This is an entry-level style job perfect for a recent college grad who wants to break into the media. And as you know, we are the Mainstream Media Outlet that "Gets It"...

If you know someone who fits this bill have him or her e-mail me or e-mail our HR department (or both)

Thanks

Brian "Remember Me?" Shields

KRON

Now that the state Supreme Court has stepped in to say California can proceed with requiring the graduating class of 2006 to pass its exit exam in order to get a diploma, I have these questions: How many seniors will not receive a diploma as a result of this action? If you failed the exit exam but have enough class credits to graduate, can you still graduate and just not get a diploma? Can you still get a GED without passing the state exit exam? These are the types of questions we'll look to answer in our coverage Thursday and the follow-up coverage we provide. I'm sure parents and students have other questions.

Exam Exam,
High School Diploma

Advertising is asking us to become even more engaged today than ever before. Cell phones are the new device for tracking demographics and local interests. So when you go to the movies be warned, you may be asked to rate the advertisements you have viewed via your cell phone. CinemaTech has more

The text messages will ask cellphone users about specific products, brands and services that appeared during the theater visit, perhaps in an ad before the movie or in a product placement. Or, the studios could use the technology to get an instant reading on the response to blockbuster films on opening weekends.

Nielsen wants to use text messaging, because of the instant feedback it produces, long before the moviegoer goes home and is influenced by other marketing messages.

Personally I want to remain as anonymous as possible. I try not "absorb" advertising but I wonder how much become an unconscious / subconscious inclination towards purchasing, the more we are subjected to it. I don't want to tell advertisers what they are doing right or wrong, that's their job and I don't want to be a guinea pig in their plans to sell, Sell< SELL! (someone's cynical today)??!!!!

Advertising Ratings on Cell Phone,

Advertising is asking us to become even more engaged today than ever before. Cell phones are the new device for tracking demographics and local interests. So when you go to the movies be warned, you may be asked to rate the advertisements you have viewed via your cell phone. CinemaTech has more

The text messages will ask cellphone users about specific products, brands and services that appeared during the theater visit, perhaps in an ad before the movie or in a product placement. Or, the studios could use the technology to get an instant reading on the response to blockbuster films on opening weekends.

Nielsen wants to use text messaging, because of the instant feedback it produces, long before the moviegoer goes home and is influenced by other marketing messages.

Personally I want to remain as anonymous as possible. I try not "absorb" advertising but I wonder how much become an unconscious / subconscious inclination towards purchasing, the more we are subjected to it. I don't want to tell advertisers what they are doing right or wrong, that's their job and I don't want to be a guinea pig in their plans to sell, Sell< SELL! (someone's cynical today)??!!!!

Advertising Ratings on Cell Phone

Fore more info jkOnTheRun has the link!

Would you buy it?

Sony Vaio Ultra-Portable,

The US news media continue to yawn over the UN scandal involving participants in the Oil for Food Program. In fairness, only part of the reason is the media’s hesitancy to criticize an organization that is practically sacrosanct in the view of liberals. A large part of the media’s failure to report on the UN malfeasance is that it is such a complicated case of fraud, duplicity and mendacity that reporters find themselves incapable of dumbing down the story for human consumption.

In 1996, the United Nations (UN) Security Council and Iraq began the Oil for Food program to address Iraq’s humanitarian situation after sanctions were imposed in 1990. More than $67 billion in oil revenue was obtained through the program, with $31 billion in humanitarian assistance delivered to Iraq. The 2005 Defense Authorization Act mandated that GAO review the Oil for Food program.

What are your thoughts on this matter? Should we take a passive position? What should the American Public do?
I appreciate the comment by Len Floyd about boycotting gas stations, but how can we be sure that it is affecting the gas company or just the store.

Oil and Politics, Oil for Food

Thank you all for the great comments and I look forward to more!

Sophie.

blogging

Check this out.

Immigration Protests San Franscisco

So by now you've all heard of Net Neutrality and how Congress is considering a major overhaul of the Telecommunications Act next week.

Net Neutrality ensures that all users can access the content or run the applications and devices of their choice. With Net Neutrality, the network's only job is to move data — not choose which data to privilege with higher quality service.

In a nutshell, big media and telecom companies want to get a larger and larger share of the pie, controlling what web sites we view --- or not --- depending on who pays them more. Internet for the highest bidder, essentially. Spoon-feeding us their content, rather than us seeking it out for ourselves. Just think of the implications.

In a world in which big media and telecom already own large portions of network news, print journalism, etc., the Internet is the seemingly last bastion of free speech and a true "marketplace of ideas."

Internet Neutrality Act, Future of the Internet

What do you think? Should illegal immigrants stay in the US and be granted the rights that legal citizens have? What is the future for the Hispanic population living and working in the US?

Immigration Protests