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Advertising, ethics and editorial freedom

25 March 2008 at 9:12 pm » Comments (19)

In a recent blog post, Roopinder Tara included this throw-away comment: Pure bloggers don't do advertising, so no worry about advertising pressure -- the secret and unstated fear of us all ...more »

Blogger? Journalist? Whatever!

29 February 2008 at 2:09 pm » Comments (1)

Roopinder Tara has raised an interesting point about how different CAD vendors treat journalists and bloggers. Ralph Grabowski has responded with a "Who cares". Now you have more CAD blogger ...more »

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