Cross-posted from PROpenMic.
Ben Parr at Mashable has, it seems, been sipping the Koolaid.
Google Buzz Has Completely Changed the Game: Here’s How
Parr writes, “The Social Analyst … a weekly column … where he digs into social media trends and how they are affecting companies in the space.”
Mashable has become a sort of cause celebre of the new social media/network journalism. This stems from CNN’s adoption of Pete Cashmore as a columnist. “Pete Cashmore is founder and CEO of Mashable, a popular blog about social media. He is writing a weekly column …

Cross-post from PROpenMic: January 24, 2010 The Pope Issues an Edict to Priests :: Go Forth and Blog (Do podcasts, too!)
Today we all receive news that the Pope says, “Blog!”
From the USA Today to UPI and even the China Post, we receive the Pope’s edict. Go forth and engage in social networking.
Catholic News Services offers us Pope urges priests to join the digital revolution.
This is all part of the Pope’s annual World Communications Day message, “New Media at the service of the Word.”
Well, Your Holiness, I feel kind …

Cross-post from PROpenMic:  January 17, 2010
NPR Podcast: Link Below

Farai Chideya talks to Dan Krauss, the director of The Death of Kevin Carter, an Oscar-nominated documentary about the life, work and suicide of a Pulitzer-prize winning South African photojournalist. Carter’s winning photo shows a heart-breaking scene of a starving child collapsed on the ground, struggling to get to a food center during a famine in the Sudan in 1993. In the background, a vulture stalks the emaciated child.
Listen here in PROpenMic’s music player (right hand column – scroll down … …

This morning I had a thought. Most of my blogging has been taking place in PROpenMic for quite awhile.
Since that is a site requiring registration, those posts aren’t representing my online activity in search engines. You’d think that I’ve been rather quiet for some time, judging by my post level here.
So, I’m going to cross-post some of the things I’ve been thinking about over at PROpenMic here at infOpinions.
I get so busy, I forget to cross-post here. I’ll try to remember to share here, too.