“Journalists who also blog shouldn’t criticize me because I’m right and they’re wrong. So go look at all the crazy stuff they’re trying to pull.” Or something like that (scroll down to the bottom). Oh, and to his assertion that his is “the most respected, most quoted and most read political web site in New [...]

But I really wish NewMexiKen was still blogging. His site was one of the most enjoyable I’ve ever known, and one of the most informative. He had a great little community of readers and fellow bloggers, and you have to admire a guy that can do 15,000 blog posts in the span of several years. [...]

I’ve started adding photos to my Flickr stream – if you see me around and want your picture taken, let me know! I’ll keep uploading photos, and you can expect to see some posts about the conference over the next couple of hours. I ran into Matt from New Mexico FBIHOP, and I understand he’ll [...]

My friends at Democracy for New Mexico and New Mexico FBIHOP are fundraising again: they’ve started an ActBlue page for all of the Democratic candidates for federal office in New Mexico. They inlcude: Sen. Barack Obama, Rep. Tom Udall, Martin Heinrich, Harry Teague, and Ben Ray Lujan. The netroots is playing a big role in [...]

I attended a brown bag lunch yesterday hosted by the Institute for Policy, Democracy and the Internet and featuring Brian Reich (of EchoDitto), one of the co-authors of Media Rules. He was leading a discussion about the role of technology in connecting with your audience, and non-profit staffers (like myself) were joined by consultants, media [...]

While I’m out and about, head on over to NewMexiKen’s place for the comment discussion on parenting. Pretty insightful, varied, and interesting, his readership is having a great conversation on the value of education and what it means to love your child: You have to let them experience things and explore their world. Little by [...]

My favorite newspaper-reporter-turned-online-journalist Heath Haussamen was profiled in the Alibi this week. Here’s an excerpt: [Haussamen]: The benefits of the online format are immediacy, depth and multimedia opportunities. I can publish articles that don’t run in newspapers until the next day. I can have a written article accompanied by photos, video, comments, links to other [...]

I haven’t seen mention of this anywhere (admittedly, I’m still running all over the D.C.-Baltimore area) but it looks like the New Mexico Republican Party has dropped out of the blogging game. Or, perhaps they let their domain expire: Long time readers might remember the blog-spat back in October, when the GOP-backed blog New Mexico [...]

Hot damn, can I sell it? Anybody interested? My blog is worth $25,404.30.How much is your blog worth? Hat tip to NewMexiKen (whose blog should be worth much more than mine).

I’ve mentioned the Connoleys before, and wanted to give you locals a heads up: Rob and Tyler have started a blog: The Fancy Food Show in Chicago is just four days away and we’re gearing up for the big event. We use this show each year to find the hottest and newest food products, and [...]

I like what Radley has to say: When you blog every day, you sometimes feel conflicted about writing on other topics when there are breaking, overwhelming, horrible events going on in the news. Ignoring such news while writing on about other stuff seems callous. But so does commenting on an event about which you have [...]

In a post that reminded me of my recent rant on “Old Media” vs. bloggers and other “amateurs,” Glenn Greenwald shows the incredible turnaround of the Washington Post editorial board: Even more than most national journalists, The Washington Post‘s Fred Hiatt has been a stalwart defender of the Bush administration with regard to the U.S. [...]