The subject of weblogs is picking up more attention in the mainstream media. I thought the bloggers got a considerable amount of attention at the Democratic National Convention in Boston earlier this month. Maybe they’ll get the same treatment by the Republicans next month.
I wanted to share some of the outside attention that my weblog has received from people I don’t know:
http://www.windley.com/2004/07/27.html
This is Phil Windley’s Enterprise Computing Weblog. I don’t know Phil, but he seems to know a lot about weblogs.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/2004/07/26.html#a1418
This is Dave Fletcher’s Government and Technology Weblog. I don’t know Dave, but he too seems to know his way around a weblog.
http://bloombergmarketing.blogs.com/bloomberg_marketing/2004/08/blogsall_about_.html
This is a weblog from Diva Marketing. The CEO of Diva Marketing is Ms. Toby Bloomberg. I’ve had several e-mail conversations with Toby about my blog and why I do it. She likes it alot. She likes Chief Carlson’s too.
http://www.publicus.net/new.html
This is just a slide from a presentation to the national government of New Zealand that was presented by Minneapolis e-deomcracy expert Steve Clift. Mr. Clift likes my blog. He used it as part of his presentation on local government communications to the government of New Zealand earlier this year. To see my smiling face, check out his July 22, 2004 posting about his presentation in New Zealand. Page eight, near the bottom.
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
I also had the opportunity, arranged by Mr. Clift, to be part of team that presented to representatives from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in July. We discussed weblogs and how they be effective communications tools for local government officials.
So, while the weblog is certainly not the most important thing on my plate, it is part of my overall strategy to make local government more responsive and accountable to my citizens, It’s also fun to do.
