blogging

The Globe's newest blog

emily sweeney — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:28:53 -0500

The Boston Globe just launched another blog...it's called
Flipside and it's supposed to chronicle Boston's nightlife, and fun events happening around town.

I'm one of four Globe writers who'll be posting to Flipside regularly, so feel free to send me stuff that you think is blog-worthy: event listings...party photos....nightclub gossip....story ideas....you can suggest people we should interview...places we should write about...video clips...and anything else you can think of.

My e-mail address is -- drop me a line anytime. There's also a place on the Flipside blog where you can submit feedback, and you can find individual e-mail addresses for my fellow Flipside bloggers there, too.

Our President-Live Blogging today's news conference

Alaiyo — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:04:29 -0400

Right now I am listening to WBUR's broadcast of the president's news conference concerning North Korea and Iraq.
I try to listen objectively to his addresses to the nation but it is hard. I am always left with the image of a comedian who is just not very good but insists on trying to keep the audience's attention. I don't know that this is better than the typical image I have of him, which is as the teenage son who tries really hard to do adult things but ultimately needs his dad, usually in the form of Mike Brady, to bail him out.

Apparently we are working really hard in Iraq and while the news broadcasts are terrible, we have to stay the course. As to North Korea, while we are not pleased with what they have done, [nuclear testing] we will work with them diplomatically to resolve the issue.

About Blogging

Alaiyo — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:04:23 -0400

I currently host the The Boston Weblogger Meetup Group. I was originally a member and took over after the group had been hanging out there for sometime with no one seeking to take over payments that Meetup.com requires. (Admittedly $19.00 per month can be a bit much. It used to be free but no more...)

At any rate, I joined the Boston Organizer Meetup and someone emailed from that group about how to get started in blogging. Below is her email to me and my admittedly lengthy response to her. I was wondering if anyone elose had any thoughts about the questions she poses...