Month: October 2005

From BlogWrite for CEOs:

• Blogging 101 Resources v. 2.0
• Best new downloadable white papers on corporate blogging
• Reporters Without Borders has published a guide for bloggers and cyber-dissidents
• How blogging is different from journalism

From Adventures in Net Marketing:

• Creative Commons Content

From The Blog Herald:

• A guide to BlogAds advertising
• A short guide to affiliate programs

From Blogspotting:

• Study: 35% of top blogs forsake money

From Business Blog Consulting:

• Yahoo Issues White Paper on RSS

From Inside Adsense:

• AdSense 101

From ProBlogger:

• The blogging toolkit
• How Bloggers Make Money from Blogs

Special thanks to Dave at Communication Nation for pointing me to Poynter Online’s Fifty Writing Tools. I’m bookmarking this for future use.

From Wagner Communications:

• Local News Website Brings Citizen Journalism To Houston
• Even Small Businesses Need Crisis Plans
• Why Is It So Difficult To Create A Good Online Newsroom?
• Non-Profits Should Be Blogging … It’s Easy And Effective
• What Business Needs: Honesty
• The Dilemma For PR Professionals — Facilitating The Conversation Without Dictating The Words
• Spanish-Language Ads No Longer Just For Hispanic Media

From Wet Feet PR:

• Winding up for the pitch; Tips on how to shake off the nerves
• A fine entry level PR resource
• Internet site offers professors’ lectures for free via podcast
• Quick Tip – Avoid being passive

I should have taken a minute, or a few minutes, to cool down before I said something… before I did something. But I didn’t and now I regret it.

A few months ago the apartment above mine was rented out to an older couple, their daughter, her husband (or boyfriend or whatever) and their 4-year-old girl. They’re a very noisy group.

I understand that the little girl needs to stretch her legs. She can frequently be heard running from one side of the apartment to another. I’m not going to complain every time the little girl gets unruly.

However, having the adults make noise at 11 p.m. is pushing it. I sat here and did the “grin and bear it” thing for an hour. But at some point every “boom, boom” from above just made me angrier. When my glasses started clinking with every heavy footstep, every jump, that’s when I’d had enough.

I angrily changed out of my pajamas and into jeans and a tee sheet, and huffed my way up the stairs. I really should have given myself a moment to cool down. But I didn’t.

The husband… boyfriend, whatever, was on the porch, outside, smoking. The older couple wasn’t there.

“You do realize people live downstairs?” I asked him, as way of hello.

“Excuse me?” he asked, confused.

“It’s 11 o’clock and, while I understand that the little girl needs to get her exercise during the day, some of us are trying to sleep. There’s a lot of noise coming from up here,” I told him, angry.

“Yeah, well, it’s probably my cousins. They’re here watching the game,” he answered.

“Do you live here?” I asked, knowing that he did.

“Yes.”

“Is the other couple here?” I asked, knowing already what the answer would be.

“No,” he answered.

There was more to the conversation, but little effectiveness. Though he did promise they would keep it controlled, I’m still hearing “boom, boom.” I’m going to have to decide at which point I need to complain with the apartment manager.

In the meantime, I hope I haven’t started a feud with my neighbors. That’s really the last thing we need right now.