Stories about Blogger Profiles from November, 2007
Taiwan: Any Blind Spot in Blogsphere?–Blogblind
An experimental website was born in Taiwan in Nov 20, 2007: ‘Blogblind‘ (It was closed in two days). The main concept is digging (as in Digg) blogs that people do not like and tagging them with comments like ‘copy machine’ or ‘self promoting stuff.’ When most people leave flattering comments...
Japan: Blog Queen takes a break
Gravure idol, talento and blog queen Wakatsuki Chinatsu announced today that she would be taking time off from blogging. The final entry posted today at her official blog attracted thousands of comments from fans offering their support, a few of which are translated here.
D. R. of Congo: Interview with ‘Best Francophone Blogger’ Cédric Kalonji
It's always heartening to see a good blog make the leap from a niche audience to wider recognition. Global Voices interviews the Kinshasa-based author of this year's 'Best Blog in French' (as chosen by the Best of Blogs jury).
Bahrain: Ebtihal Salman Under the Spotlight
Bahrain-based blogger Bint Battuta profiles Bahraini blogger Ebtihal Salman in this post and translates some of her posts from Arabic.
Peru: Global Voices Translation Manager Interview
Global Voices Translation Manager Juan Arellano is interviewed by Mi Blog de Blogs [es] about his work.
Hong Kong and China: Blogger interviews
Sidekick from outblaze has put up two video clips on Tangos Chan and Jeremy Goldkorn's interviews.
Hong Kong and China: Interview with Isaac Mao
Sidekick posts a video in the outblaze blog. The video is an interview with Isaac Mao on the concept of Chinese blogger conference.
China: Beijing Blogger Conference
Memedia has a detailed round up on the Chinese Blogger Conference 2007 [zh].
Pakistan: All Martial and No Law
If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it is probably a martial law. President Musharraf can call it what he likes, Emergency or Amer-Jensee (as he pronounced in his speech on television) but in all intents and purposes it is martial law. The legality of...
China: Blogger Conference: Nurturing “Grassroots” in a Tough Climate
Rebecca from Rconversation blogs about the Chinese Blogger Conference, especially on the panel on “Grassroots Media and Professional Media”. Hoiking from Hong Kong was suprised by the high expectation of mainland speakers towards grassroots internet media (zh).
Venezuela: Second Annual Blogstock
Venezuelan bloggers and other users of social networking software gathered in a remote location far from the capital for the 2nd annual Blogstock, not to hear lectures regarding the state of the blogosphere or the latest in technology, but to simply socialize and have fun. Amidst the serious problems facing the country, these types of get-togethers are at the heart of what Venezuelans are all about.
