Blogging a Nameless War

Blogging a Nameless War
The Tyee has published my article Blogging a Nameless War, about the Lebanese and Israeli online response to the war in Lebanon....

Taking a Breather
I haven't posted much here in the last couple of months...in large part because I've been too busy working on the third edition of Writing for the Web. It's been an instructive experience: I hadn't realized how much has changed on the Web since the second edition came out in 2000. Perhaps the most challenging new development is the emergence of the multiple site: people aren't just creating one website...

Syndicate IQ Shakes the RSS Advertising World With Advanced Ad Serving

Syndicate IQ just announced their RSS ad serving platform that finally brings RSS advertising closer to what "traditional" online advertiers want.

What they're telling right now is:

a] They're able to insert RSS ads into feeds on a per-user basis, regardless of what article the subscriber is currently reading.

b] They can display different versions/formats of the ad, depending on the RSS Reader the subscriber is using.

c] Their RSS ad server integrates with "traditional" online ad servers, centralizing reporting and stats.

More coming on this soon, but until then also read Syndicate IQ's view on the state of RSS advertising, which indicates why the above features are needed.

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A Freelance Job in Vancouver
This just arrived via the mail list of the Canadian Association of Journalists, and I hasten to pass it along. If you're a freelance writer in the Vancouver area, this could be of interest: The Conference Publishers is seeking freelance writers to cover the 2006 National Forum on Emergency Preparedness and Response in Vancouver. Writers are needed to produce 1800 word summaries of a pandemic flu exercise scheduled for December...

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