November 2004
Robin Good, Marc Canter, and Marqui: Blog Shills
[reposted from Get Real]
As one of the several individuals who were engaged in a public shouting match about the impropriety of setting up bloggers as shills for products, I read with some amusement Robin Good’s recent piece on the Marqui deal, which Marc Canter set up to do just that.
[from Paid Assignment Is Here: Marqui Ignites “Bloggers Paid To Blog” Initiative ]
The...
What's Wrong With Bloggercon
[Reprinted from Get Real, 8 November 2004: My first mix-up with Dave Winer]
I had an enjoyable day at Bloggercon, held at the Stanford Law School Saturday last, despite the conference itself.
Dave Winer claims that the format of the conference is designed so that the good conversations are in the sessions and not in the hallways, but the best conversations for me were in the hallways and...
The Neverending Story: Marc Heresy's I, II, III,...
[reposted from Get Real: I condensed the five posts together]
Marc’s Heresy October 21 2004
Marc Canter seems to be suggesting a new business scheme (or model, if you’d like) based around pay-for-press:
[from Marc’s Voice: Transparency and sponsorship in the blogosphere]
One thing we DON’T want to do is hide the fact or pretend like it’s anything other...