Chris and I finished recording another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show this morning. Though I am sure it will be another instant hit destined to rise to number one on the Billboard charts, it left me with a bit of a pickle.
When I opened up my link bucket to start hammering out the show notes, I was stunned to find that I had a whopping 34 stories saved and only room for fifteen.
Even after eliminating half of the stories, many of which were very important, I was still stuck with two stories over our usual amount. Still, I couldn’t cut any farther, the show felt “right” at that point.
I’ve used the podcast as a way to cover copyright news that doesn’t interfere with the discussions on the site about protecting content on the Web. Though it is amazingly efficient, stories are still falling through the cracks.
What I am debating is starting up a weekly linkblog on the site, sort of a roundup of copyright news for the past seven days. The question, of course, is whether this would be something you would be interested in.
Leave a comment or drop me a line to let me know what you think. I don’t want this to be a distraction from the core of the site, but these stories are often important and do have direct effects on Webmasters.
RS: No problem. I would do that to you!
I am relieved. Thank you. Sorry about that confusion.
RS: I think you might be a bit confused. I’m not changing anything with PT. I’m talking about adding a weekly column, likely on Saturday, that is just a list of links for the week in copyright news. It similar to what I do now with the Copyright 2.0 Show only all of the links, not just the ones that made the podcast.
I certainly wouldn’t want the job of summarizing all of this in one post. That would take forever. I like it the way it is too…
I am very comfortable with this site but, if you launch a weekly digest, I would like to visit a couple of times and then comment. I would however like to see this continue.
RS: I think you might be a bit confused. I'm not changing anything with PT. I'm talking about adding a weekly column, likely on Saturday, that is just a list of links for the week in copyright news. It similar to what I do now with the Copyright 2.0 Show only all of the links, not just the ones that made the podcast.I certainly wouldn't want the job of summarizing all of this in one post. That would take forever. I like it the way it is too…
Jeremy,
Cool, this should be a lot of fun.
Oh, and speaking of that article, I did hear about it but outright forgot to bookmark it since I read it about ten minutes before we recorded the show. Thanks for the reminder!
Some sort of weekly roundup would give me something to link to – so yeah go for it
Oh yeah, and did you hear about wikimedia going creative commons? http://blog.jamendo.com/index.php/2007/12/01/breaking-news-wikipedia-switches-to-creative-commons/
Some sort of weekly roundup would give me something to link to – so yeah go for it
Oh yeah, and did you hear about wikimedia going creative commons? http://blog.jamendo.com/index.php/2007/12/01/br…
Jeremy,Cool, this should be a lot of fun.Oh, and speaking of that article, I did hear about it but outright forgot to bookmark it since I read it about ten minutes before we recorded the show. Thanks for the reminder!
Aaron & Cao: I’m going to see if there is an easy way that I can do this that won’t require me to spend too much effort and I’ll try to make it a regular Saturday post.
Thank you both for your input!
I think it makes a lot of sense to keep the links onsite (more control, more traffic).
It’s relatively easy to keep the weekly linkblog posts separate from the site’s feed and front page, if you want to keep them separate.
I would look forward to watching your blog for this. These are growing concerns for a lot of people who are blogging and finding their contents are being hijacked.
Aaron & Cao: I'm going to see if there is an easy way that I can do this that won't require me to spend too much effort and I'll try to make it a regular Saturday post.
Thank you both for your input!
I think it makes a lot of sense to keep the links onsite (more control, more traffic). It's relatively easy to keep the weekly linkblog posts separate from the site's feed and front page, if you want to keep them separate.