Heather Armstrong (Dooce), August 2005 :: Rebecca Blood: Bloggers On Blogging: “I’ve come to terms with the boundaries I’ve had to draw to maintain order in my life.”
CNN.com – ‘Bridget Jones’ blogger fire fury – Jul 19, 2006: “LONDON, England (CNN) — A British secretary working in Paris who says she was fired because her Paris employer objected to her Weblog has provoked an old and New Media storm.”
Relaunch | dooce ®: “You see, late last week one of the more technically-inclined members of my family found my website, serendipitously enough just after I posted an anti-Mormon diatribe Friday afternoon. They are devastated, and I’ve come to understand, rightfully so. I think that both my family and I have been living in a [...]
BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | North East Wales | Blogger fined for ‘menacing’ rant: “A blogger who ‘let off steam’ about the way he was treated by police has been convicted of posting a grossly offensive and menacing message. Gavin Brent, 24, from Holywell, Flintshire, was fined £150 with £364 costs by magistrates [...]
BBC NEWS | Technology | Blogger arrests hit record high: “More bloggers than ever face arrest for exposing human rights abuses or criticising governments, says a report. Since 2003, 64 people have been arrested for publishing their views on a blog, says the University of Washington annual report.”
I received the feedback sheets for my honours presentation yesterday. I just wonder how two of the examiners could observe the same presentation and come to such diverse conclusions. Here’s a little of what they had to say. On the matter of the presentation of a critical argument or rationale: “Candidate does not appear to [...]
I started writing today. A tentative beginning dipping my toe into powerful waters thus: I turn my attention now to how Foucault’s theories of the emergence of power, found in The subject and power, help explain the processes which led to Armstrong being fired. I’m planning to show how commercial and legal discourses provide explanations [...]
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