j’s scratchpad

Google launched Google Mars, a mapping tool for the Red Planet a few weeks ago. I wish this mapping service would have been around when I did my thesis on Mars.

So, yeah, so you’ve noticed I don’t have as many speaking gigs this spring as I did this past fall. Nonetheless, when I read these guidelines on being a great moderator by Guy Kawasaki, a blogger whose name I’ve heard a lot lately, I thought I’d stick them here. It’s close to conference season. Maybe [...]

gapingvoid explores how financially supporting bloggers can change the blogger-reader relationship with a conversation snippet. That’s not to say people shouldn’t financially support bloggers. It’s a caution that bloggers and readers should be aware of how their relationship might change when money enters the picture.
Note: Some people might find the language in the cartoon a [...]

Speaking of the Friday Five, The Redhead is back in the blogosphere with her new blog Very Well Red–a fabulous and quite fitting name.
I’ve missed you, Redhead. It’s been way too long.