tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17639100.post552464143612851204..comments2024-01-30T20:05:29.835+10:00Comments on Woolly Days: Australian Blogging Conference – The Politics of BloggingDerek Barryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15581505641163336050noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17639100.post-14969367588291429622007-11-07T15:09:00.000+10:002007-11-07T15:09:00.000+10:00The Australian Government is considering creating ...The Australian Government is considering creating a blog/forum to give the public a chance to debate policy decisions, hopefully with input from top politicians.<BR/><BR/>If you want to help shape the blog then you can complete this quick survey here:<BR/><BR/>www.openforum.com.au/Survey<BR/><BR/>It's genuine and could lead to something really worthwhile.<BR/><BR/>Thanks.NMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11895321795209156184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17639100.post-55672775637709375052007-10-03T23:43:00.000+10:002007-10-03T23:43:00.000+10:00Well if Bartlett had to catch a plane why didn't h...Well if Bartlett had to catch a plane why didn't he speak first?<BR/><BR/>And listen, if you want to raise some dough you couldn't do better than hire Markus ("it's that time again") Bahnisch to take the plate around. <BR/><BR/>Sociology is a creme brulee.<BR/><BR/><BR/>-Robert.<BR/>(Dept of Psephological thought)R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17639100.post-32768933970493068632007-10-03T13:34:00.000+10:002007-10-03T13:34:00.000+10:00Obviously a 48 hour blackout of blogs would be imp...Obviously a 48 hour blackout of blogs would be impossible to enforce.<BR/><BR/>Though it probably has been fully tested in law, online media such as blogs are not deemed to be 'broadcasts' as such and therefore excluded from the intent of the ActDerek Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15581505641163336050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17639100.post-83593958928504736002007-10-03T10:37:00.000+10:002007-10-03T10:37:00.000+10:00re 'Politacal Blogging'...if I was a BackRoom Boy ...re 'Politacal Blogging'...<BR/><BR/>if I was a BackRoom Boy for any Party, I would have all my fake blogs in place by now. with my fake 'bloggers' team, all ready to onslaught everybody's comments threads with their spin.<BR/><BR/>re the election eves: How can the <BR/>'48-hour media blackout' be applied to blogs?Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17639100.post-36802006328272055312007-10-01T09:36:00.000+10:002007-10-01T09:36:00.000+10:00Thanks for that description of The ABC - I felt I ...Thanks for that description of The ABC - I felt I 'was there'.BwcaBrowniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11500142856655553009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17639100.post-39825359819928570282007-09-30T12:28:00.000+10:002007-09-30T12:28:00.000+10:00Thanks for your comments, David. One good aggregat...Thanks for your comments, David. <BR/><BR/>One good aggregator of material I know of is the <A HREF="http://theaustralianindex.com/?s=home" REL="nofollow">Australian Index</A> which has many ways of sorting new posts including by category and by state. <BR/><BR/>As for collaboration, I know that Tim Dunlop at Blogocracy tried an experiment of getting the top bloggers to all post on a particular topic but it never really took off.<BR/><BR/>Australian political bloggers tend toward diverseness in their topic selection (no bad thing, necessarily) but the forthcoming election will narrow the focus and hopefully see some useful cross-pollination of ideas and conversation.<BR/><BR/>Keep us posted on your new technology, good tools are always useful.Derek Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15581505641163336050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17639100.post-14596208700263636362007-09-30T09:11:00.000+10:002007-09-30T09:11:00.000+10:00Great, thanks for the update Derek. I feel particu...Great, thanks for the update Derek. I feel particularly strongly about the need for co-op in the Aussie blogosphere. I'm working on something that should help in this regard, but its a few months until it launches.<BR/><BR/>What do you see as the way for Australian (particularly political) bloggers to collaborate? Are there many aggregators for Aus polly blogs?<BR/><BR/>The people with the technology need to help the people with the vision :)David Novakovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14193067337289063998noreply@blogger.com