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Book Review: The Sociology of Blogging, by Jill Walker Rettberg

This isn’t yet another one of those “how to blog and make money” or “blogging for dummies” books that have flooded the bookstore shelves the past few years. This is the first book that takes a serious sociological view of how blogging has changed the nature of Internet-based communications, life writing, consumer marketing, and how the blog, in less than a decade, has integrated into our culture on many levels: politically, socially, economically, and personally. (more…)
October 30, 2008
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Three Hot Websites

We’re always looking for the hottest in new websites. Here are three that we think you’ll find fascinating and potentially useful: Hip, Sexy Trading Wallstrip.com. This “is where pop culture meets stock culture.” Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, host Julie, usually wearing something revealing, gets on the web and podcasts and examines a company whose stock is trading at or near an all-time high. She tries to find “the real world trend” that explains why the stock is doing so…
October 30, 2008
Development

Celebrating Ninthlink Team: Mini-Interview with Alex Smith

We thought it would be fun to take a quick peek into the mind of one of our programmers, Alex Smith, and see what he is up to in this mini-interview . What we do know is that he that plays bass in local band The Modlins who won Best Pop Album of the year from the 2008 San Diego Music Awards. For the band, see this recent write up about The Modlins in the SD Reader. (more…)
October 30, 2008
Design

Blanket/Towel Drive Updates

We are down to the wire! We have two days left with the drive but we still need 12 more items to meet our goal! We also have a fundraising page set up to raise money for the Helen Woodward Animal Shelter. Our goal is $50 which really doesn't sound like much, and its not much on our part. Just think about it, if 10 of us donated just $5 each, we can feed a pet for 3 months, cover…
October 29, 2008
Marketing

Walk for Diabetes

On Sunday October 26th, 7 members from our Ninthlink Team joined 3500 others in the race to cure Juvenile Diabetes held by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. This disease, also known as Type 1 Diabetes, affects as many as 3 million Americans and is a life long disease. We have not found a prevention or cure for Juveile Diabetes, but the JDRF is doing all that it can to find a cure and make the lives of those living with…
October 29, 2008