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About this blog and blogging.

Why the Public Needs Critical Thinking Skills #1: “Churnalism”

Posted on March 3, 2011 by ErgoOne

In today’s Columbia Journalism Review is a excellent article on “churnalism”, their term for articles posted on news sites as news articles that are, in fact, simply press releases with little or no additional material. The article discusses who issues … Continue reading →

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It’s aLIVE!

Posted on February 3, 2011 by ErgoOne

The server that hosted www.ergosphere.net crashed Sunday morning.  With one thing and the other (specifically, getting a different server), getting the blog up and running took til this evening.  But it’s done, and all should be well now.  :-)

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What this blog is about…

Posted on January 4, 2011 by ErgoOne

I’ve wanted to have a blog for years. So when I saw that the domain ergosphere.net was available, I grabbed it. It seemed inevitable. Continue reading →

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Live at Last!

Posted on January 4, 2011 by ErgoOne

This puppy is live! :-)  Now to see who comes….

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