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Influencer B.Simone Plagiarizes Work of Blogger's in Her Book,

I knew someone who was a run-of-the-mill blogger (audience of 300 or so) who had another blogger start to copy her blog, post for post. It was creepy. I can't recall how it all ended -- was about 15 years ago.

Wow how awful!

As a blogger put it, its social bookmarking blended with mind mapping. Trailmeme is a new kind of publishing that allows you to blaze and walk trails through the web.

Thank you for sharing!

Tagging because I want to read it, but thought some of you might be interested as well.

Interesting piece. I've heard lots about the debate over scholarship versus service, and thought that Bessette's analogy to blogging as service was fascinating. Knowledge sharing may not be scholarship in the traditional sense, but it certainly plays an important role in pushing higher education forward, so maybe it should be considered a real part of a scholar's contributions to the field.

I know some bloggers who are actively lobbying to consider their blogs as scholarship. Some have submitted archives as part of promotion dossiers. Generally, they're not at R1 universities -- although there are plenty of R1 scholars who see how blogging and other social media interactions can enhance their scholarship via promoting their work and building their networks. And many have also talked about the effect it has had on their writing. I think I'll blog about that sometime in the next week.

The creator of Pinterest discusses the apps rise in popularity. It's interesting to hear how bloggers helped to make Pinterest as well known as it is. He also discusses his choice to not make use of the press. -Peter Marti