“Hidden Gems” Blog in Palo Alto Weekly
Thursday, August 17th, 2006Yesterday this blog was menioned in the Palo Alto Weekly newspaper in an article entitled Living in a bloggers' world -
Proliferation of blogs creates new communities within Silicon Valley .
It's about how different Palo Alto residents use blogs, and includes Jeff Clavier's Software Only, David Hornik's VentureBlog, 
Pamela Horniks Silicon Valley Moms Blog and Enoch Chois MedMusings. Enoch has been a friend for many years and he is a prolific Palo Alto dad blogger. He also pointed the author of the article, Cyrus Hedayati, to my blog - thank you Enoch, and thank you Cyrus!
Here are the couple of mentions of Hidden Gems:
Philippe Alexis, an online marketing specialist, writes a blog called “Hidden Gems,” in which he gives advice on topics such as bringing more traffic to your Web site.
“That post is basically a way for me to say to them (clients), 'There it is. Go read it and then you know how to do it,'” he said. “Plus, it gets a lot of publicity for me, so it kills two birds with one stone.”
Also at the end of the article:
Another important ethic of blogging, Choi said, is the encouragement of open debate on issues.
Part of being a blogger, he said, is “making yourself open to letting people comment on your blog, and you don't delete opposing comments.”
Alexis echoes the sentiment, saying the most addictive part of blogs is the often-heated discussions on controversial topics.
Alexis remembers “not just reading a blog, but being involved in an online discussion of global warming. … It forced me to check the facts, because I didn't want to say something that wasn't true. So I think the most rewarding part of blogs is that they challenge you to learn.”
