Indiana Blog Review

Good Bye

I've checked the RSS feed for new material for the last time.  My list of bookmarks is now empty.  My time as editor of the Indiana Blog Review has come to an end.  This is my last post.  Thank you all for reading and keep blogging!

Your Attention Please

• Daily Dose of IP -- An intellectual property law blog by Ice Miller associate Mark Reichel

Bannination

The big splash in the Fort Wayne Bloghood is that Fort Wayne News was kicked off of TypePad (which also powers IBR).  The proprietor of that site, Dan Turkette, has a recurring feature on which he cuts and pastes the online information on local sex offenders and deadbeats, which includes home address.  The problem, it seems, was that the TypePad's terms of use prohibit posting such contact information . . . or speech that could be deemed dangerous.

On the first point, TypePad, as a private business, is certainly within their rights to suspend whomever they want.  On the second point, it's probably less clear that his blog was inciting violence, and the genesis of the complaint to TypePad has become a topic of some discussion.

FWOb reprinted an excerpt from an email sent to FWN that states similar complaints were also sent to the FBI, an attorney, and "other organizations."  FWOb also attracted a commenter named Michael H. Reese who discussed the complaint against FWN at greater length and predicted forthcoming charges. Mike Sylvester has some strong critisims of Mr. Reese.

In the meantime, Fort Wayne News has moved to a new server and is back online.

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"Fort Wayne Observed is proud to present its first Fall Conference.  It will be held Thursday morning, November 16, 2006, at the Hilton Garden Inn at the southwest corner of I-69 and US 24 in Fort Wayne.

The Fall Conference is to explore public policy, legislative and municipal actions, and community issues.  It is for as well as attorneys and community leaders.

Indiana attorneys attending the conference will be eligible for Continuing Legal Education Credits."

Click here for online registration

Your Attention Please

I've always heard that the way to distinguish your new blog is to find a niche, but this is the most specific blog I've come across so far:

• Indiana Commercial Foreclosure Law -- "Welcome to John Waller's blog, which is dedicated to commercial lenders and banks that need to foreclose on loan collateral and collect commercial debts. "

Your Attention Please?

I'm not sure if this is legal, considering how hyper we are about polling places, but I'll be curious to see whether Shawn Plew's plan works:

I’ll be workin’ the polls tomorrow in an effort to GOTV for IN State house district 89 candidate John Barnes. By my side will be my (friend’s) trusty laptop. If I can get a wireless connection I’ll do my own version of precinct polling during the day. I have no earthly idea where I’ll be or what I’ll be doing, but I’ll make an effort to post info about my experience as “Joe Volunteer”.

Update:  Just showed up in my RSS feed: 10 am, 3:15 pm, 4 pm, and 6 pm.

Your Attention Please

The Official Blog of Evan Bayh's All America PAC is churning out good coverage of Hoosier campaigning leading up to the election.

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Paul Musgrave was one of the first if not the very first (as my colleague Josh Claybourn claims) bloggers in Indiana.  On Saturday, he bode farewell to blogging with his last post at PaulMusgrave.Com.

I've always enjoyed Paul's blogging and am proud and humbled to have been his co-blogger on two group blogs.  Every blogger could benefit from some sober contemplation of his thoughts on the medium.

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Did you know Dane Fife has a blog?  It's true.

Progressive Bloggers Forum

As previously reported, Bil Browning of bilerico put together a forum for progressive bloggers to meet local candidates last Friday.  Here are the reactions:

• Bil Browning
• stAllio!, and a follow up post.  This is the best coverage.
• Manfred Eye
• Advance Indiana, and a followup post
• Don Sherfick

More to come! -- Maybe?