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“Reviewing” an unused product

by alec on February 20, 2008

I frequently get asked to review products, which I enjoy doing.  Editorializing non-stop gets old after a while!  Yesterday, however, I was asked to "review" a product on the basis of a press release.  I declined and told the requester that I would be happy to review the product if they wanted to send me a review copy.  After all, what value is a product review if you haven’t actually seen or used the product?

Take this posting in the same vein as "what is a journalist", and "when is a blogger a journalist". 

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VON: Where the Bloggers Are

by alec on September 12, 2006

Tomorrow’s blogger panel promises to be a good event, with participation from Jeff Pulver, Brough Turner, Andy Abramson, and Dan York.  Amazingly, there will probably be fewer than 1/3 of the bloggers attending the show, up on the stage.  Martin Geddes, Russell Shaw, Ted Wallingford, and Jim Courteny are here also.  RocketBoom’s Andrew Baron was busy watching Jeff Pulver’s keynote today as well.

So, here’s an open invitation to all bloggers, and wannabe bloggers.  Help us out on the blogger panel.  Make sure you come, and come prepared with tough questions.  Be opinionated.  Let us know what you’re thinking about!

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Ottawa Bloggers Hub?

June 12, 2006

I’m not sure who’s behind it, but there’s a new Ottawa Bloggers site up.  Thin on content at the moment, but that’s OK.  I just found out that there’s a meetup on July 19th at the Clocktower Brew Pub.  Woo hoo!

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REMINDER: Conversing Naked in Toronto

March 6, 2006

Don’t forget, tonight is the blogger dinner with Shel Israel, co-author of the new blogging bible, Naked Conversations. 

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Most Prolific Blogger at VON

September 26, 2005

According to Jeff Pulver, that’s me.  Jeff spent part of the weekend producing a great roundup of VON blogs.  Well worth reading through if you want to get a flavor of what happened at the show.

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