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Submitted by emmettoconnell on Fri, 08/26/2005 - 8:23am.
I know its only been a week since I ran into Olyblog, but I have giddy high hopes for a local blog community here. The last few days I've ran into a few posts about hyperlocal journalism (which seems to be what Rick is doing here) and how it can help community discourse. Already on Olyblog we're seeing more discussion of Olympia City Council candidates then I've seen anywhere else so far. Just for giggles, here is wikipedia on hyperlocal. The only thing I would change about Olyblog right now is the tagline: "This ain't CNN." Please, Rick, change it. Without the deep James Earl Jones voice, it isn't funny. |
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Suggestions?
Submitted by Rick on Fri, 08/26/2005 - 9:49am.Anything but "blogging the hi
Submitted by emmettoconnell on Fri, 08/26/2005 - 10:38am.Anything but "blogging the hippest town in the West." That Time magazine article is pretty welled been played out by now.
Maybe, "All Olympia, all the time," but that is pretty lame too.
Maybe you should have a full-fledged contest. Winner gets a beer or something.
Re: New Tag Lines
Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Sun, 08/28/2005 - 3:55pm.Just some ideas off the top of my head, maybe it'll help lead to something.
How's about this:
Submitted by Rick on Sun, 08/28/2005 - 6:59pm.The Internetists tour Oly?
Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Mon, 08/29/2005 - 10:46am.I like: Netroots Local. I
Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Mon, 08/29/2005 - 10:49am.Netroots local, or local netr
Submitted by emmettoconnell on Tue, 08/30/2005 - 9:02am.I still unclear on why "This
Submitted by Rick on Tue, 08/30/2005 - 10:12am."This ain't CNN" is bad, for
Submitted by emmettoconnell on Tue, 08/30/2005 - 10:43am."This ain't CNN" is bad, for me personally at least, because it seems to be too smarty-pants and doesn't really speak to what Olyblog is. Of course, as a participant and not the creator, I'm defining Olyblog on my own.
There are alot of things that aren't CNN and that even provide an alternative, such as DailyKos and MyDD. More accurately, I guess if Olyblog "weren't" something, it wouldn't be the Olympian.
It would be better to choose a tagline that reflects the local nature of Olyblog.
Well, "smarty-pants" was kind
Submitted by Rick on Tue, 08/30/2005 - 11:23am.Well, "smarty pants" is good,
Submitted by emmettoconnell on Tue, 08/30/2005 - 12:25pm.Maybe thats it: "Local Smarty-Pants"
I'm not sure you even need a
Submitted by stevenl on Sun, 12/04/2005 - 9:23am.Olyblog, better than snortin
Submitted by jackson on Tue, 12/06/2005 - 1:41am.I believe PBS already used th
Submitted by stevenl on Tue, 12/06/2005 - 8:04pm."OlyBlog - This IS CNN. HA H
Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Tue, 12/06/2005 - 10:21pm.OlyBlog - That's right, it's
Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Tue, 12/06/2005 - 10:22pm.OlyBlog, Don't tell your caim
Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Tue, 12/06/2005 - 10:23pm.OlyBlog, this is Caiman Netwo
Submitted by stevenl on Tue, 12/06/2005 - 10:41pm.Suddenly, Rick's sinister plot makes sense.
OlyBlog: Hyperlocal ? I
Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Tue, 12/06/2005 - 10:55pm.?
Is "hyperlocal" clichéd?
OlyBlog: The Gall Below!
Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Tue, 12/06/2005 - 10:56pm.(this is a play on reverse speech.)
I like it. Catchy, yet elusiv
Submitted by stevenl on Wed, 12/07/2005 - 6:57am.I can't help but notice that
Submitted by stevenl on Sun, 03/12/2006 - 8:16am.Ah-ha! We have a winner! I
Submitted by Rick on Sun, 03/12/2006 - 9:44am.As the winner do I get to cho
Submitted by stevenl on Tue, 03/14/2006 - 6:48am.The bridge! I vote yes.
Submitted by Sarah on Tue, 03/14/2006 - 10:20am.He did it! Nice use of that
Submitted by stevenl on Thu, 03/23/2006 - 6:48am.Hey, nice picture of the
Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Fri, 03/24/2006 - 6:44pm."Where People Make News" is
Submitted by stevenl on Sat, 03/25/2006 - 8:13am.I noticed you changed to "We
Submitted by stevenl on Sun, 06/25/2006 - 6:59pm.swift justice
Submitted by Crenshaw Sepulveda on Sun, 06/25/2006 - 7:05pm."I would make it impossible for the covetous and avaricious to utterly impoverish the poor. The rich can take care of themselves."
^@^
That's the building where
Submitted by stevenl on Mon, 06/26/2006 - 1:44am.Now that I did not know.
Submitted by Crenshaw Sepulveda on Mon, 06/26/2006 - 6:29pm.in an ironic way.
"I would make it impossible for the covetous and avaricious to utterly impoverish the poor. The rich can take care of themselves."
^@^
Vidette visitor
Submitted by emmettoconnell on Tue, 06/27/2006 - 1:15am.One of her ancestors was a wobbly that took part, and it was a deep dark section of family history that no one ever talked about. I think she mentioned she had just recently retired and was just starting to look into what role her ancestor played.
Did I mention that she hitch-hiked into town? Anyway, that night I was covering a city council meeting in Elma and she wandered in. Apparently, she was on her way back to Olympia and walked the entire way. The Elma police chief was there, and he took care of her. Gave her a food voucher for the convenience store, a bus voucher for the last GHT bus out of town that night and a hotel voucher for when she got to Oly.
Ahhhh, good ol Montesano
Submitted by Norm on Tue, 06/27/2006 - 11:31am.I'm still inclined towards
Submitted by Crenshaw Sepulveda on Sun, 06/25/2006 - 7:06pm."I would make it impossible for the covetous and avaricious to utterly impoverish the poor. The rich can take care of themselves."
^@^
My vote goes for "Local
Submitted by No One on Sun, 06/25/2006 - 7:45pm."Local News. Local Chat. Local People."
I know it's not totally true, but it has a nice ring.
^ ^
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Missing Graphic
Submitted by stevenl on Wed, 12/27/2006 - 8:19am.The blog has been quirky...
Submitted by Rick on Wed, 12/27/2006 - 9:30am....the past week or two. I blame changes at our host(Bryght). Although, I have heard that we're on track for the warmest winter yet, and you know what that means...
Last night, it wasn't loading at all. Try refreshing your browser and see if that resolves it.
When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. -C.P. Snow
Same here, an SQL error or
Submitted by Norm on Wed, 12/27/2006 - 6:09pm.Too many
Submitted by Ehver Green on Wed, 12/27/2006 - 8:21pm.Too many connections...
"Warning: Too many connections in admin/db_mysql.php on line 31"
and another thing
Submitted by emmettoconnell on Wed, 12/27/2006 - 8:27pm.Yep,
Submitted by Rick on Wed, 12/27/2006 - 11:47pm.I think it's time.
When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. -C.P. Snow
Caimans
Submitted by stevenl on Thu, 01/18/2007 - 12:57am.Hard to swallow
Submitted by Sarah on Thu, 01/18/2007 - 4:05pm.Er ...
Submitted by stevenl on Sat, 01/20/2007 - 11:52pm.Any of you radio folks ever
Submitted by stevenl on Sun, 01/21/2007 - 11:10am.Steve sees radio people
Submitted by emmettoconnell on Sun, 01/21/2007 - 11:16am.I'm worried.. first caimains, now radio talk show hosts.
That Guy
Submitted by stevenl on Sun, 01/21/2007 - 12:08pm.Who am I talking to? Remember? That guy at that place who said that thing? About OlyBlog Radio? Maybe when 87.7 comes back we can arrange something.
2007 update
Submitted by stevenl on Fri, 06/29/2007 - 2:00pm.I just returned from the ALA Conference in DC. One of the presentations was by Jason Zengerle of The New Republic who gave his take on the place of blogs in journalism. His main message was that "blogs are political tools, not information tools." He gave his side of the Daily Kos controversy. In an attempt to find a progressive third party account of this episode, I looked here . Worth reading for those who regard blogging as an activist tool regardless of left/right leanings.