China turns to “Big Brother” tactic to police Internet
It’s no secret that China has clamped down on Internet freedoms. Arresting bloggers, shutting down websites, blocking access to western sites now the government has turned to a new strategy. The new policy requires all Internet cafes to photograph their customers and have the information available for inspection. I guess they aren’t happy enough to just block the content but they also want to scare the population into not thinking about subversion either. So much for the so called “progression” this communist state has made since the Olympics. You know this is going to lead to people getting arrested in the middle of the night because of suspected past actions at an Internet cafe. 1 step forward, 2 steps back.
So you want to be a pro blogger?
Techcrunch made an interesting post about the state of blogging. It’s got lots of stats and pretty pie charts. Bottom line is if you want to be a pro blogger you gotta spend a lot of time at it. If the numbers are accurate the number of times you post a day is a good way to start. Over 40% of the top bloggers are posting 10 times a day! 10 times! For me finding 10 interesting articles to read a day is an achievement in itself. There’s so much clog in the Internet today most of the time you’re sorting through the crap.
Another interesting number is the time spent blogging. Hours per week. Male to female ratio of bloggers. Is it possible to make $75,000 a year blogging? I guess if you can get 100,000 visitors a month.
