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Books! Ted Demopoulos, teams with Shel Holtz to bring us Blogging for Business:Everything You Need to Know and Why You Should Care(2006, Kaplan Publishing). Recently, I went to the N.Y. Mets Web site because I heard that David Wright, their budding star third baseman, maintains a blog—or Web log—on the day-to-day experience of playing in the majors. Pictures, links, insights and a promise of more to come will bring me back to his account of a fast start season. In Teds book he tells us secrets on how to drive your business through the use of a blog. Admittedly, I'm a big fan, but I rarely visited the Met s homepage. The blog got me there and will bring me back to the site. Ted's point exactly.

From the mailbox: "The School of Information Studies at Syracuse University is pleased to announce the appointment of associate professor Jeffrey Stanton as director of the Ph.D. program in information science and technology. Dr. Stanton is the author, with coauthor Kathryn Stam, of the recendy released book The Visible Employee (2006; Information Today), which highlights strategies for improving information security in public and private sector organizations (http://visibleemployee.org). Stanton's research focuses on the many intersections between behavioral science and information technology." I went to the book's Web site and, yes, there is a blog.

The University of Mary Washington announced that Stephen J. Farnsworth, an associate professor of political science there, will fill the position of Fulbright research chair at McGill University in Montreal during the 2006-07 academic year. For his award Dr. Farnsworth will study media coverage of the U.S. government, comparing the United States to international reporting. In 2002 Stephen wrote: The Mediated Presidency:Nightly News and Presidential Governance and TheNightly News Nightmare: Network Television's Coverage of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1988-2000 (Rowman & Littlefield).

My wife's parents live in Newfane, Vermont, and have a wildly enthusiastic Jack Russell terrier named Tally Ho! She sleeps through the nightly news but she adores family hikes on Putney Mountain nearby. When we have the trail to ourselves, Tally compulsively dashes ahead a few hundred feet, turns around at our restrainingwhistle, cocks her head slightly, then rockets back down the path, a missile of churning legs, bulging eyes and flying leaves. Our kids whoop and all delight. Lisa Densmore chronicles such joys in her new book: Best Hikes with Dogs: New Hampshire and Vermont (2006, The Mountaineers Books). Do you want to know what mountains are dog-friendly? Brush up on dog trail etiquette? How to prep for a hike with Rover? Knowwhetherto run your dog up Moosilauke or let the beast rest (85 degrees or 85 percent humidity is the suggested limit)? This book has the answers. In a large spread featuring big color photos of Lisa and her dog, Bravo, The Valley News quotes her saying, "Everyone has great dog stories." She's been able to get an earful of those at book signings, appearances and here in this column. Her next book,you ask? Best scenic trails in Vermont and New Hampshire. Woof, woof!

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