Frances Bell’s Blog

Jack Schofield asks the question “Which women bloggers are worth a look?”
with regard to the current Blogher conference in San Francisco. He uses the term ‘influential’ that is an interesting one - Does it mean most significant influence? in terms of quality or quantity?
Blogher demonstrates that there are plenty of women […]

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http://www.knowandnetwork.org/francesbell/weblog/388.html
Chess is a theme in my extended family (though I have no great skills in it), and through family connections, I chanced to be in Iceland on holiday when the Fischer-Spassky match was on in 1972. Thanks to my brother Paul, we attended one of matches where the excitement was palpable.  Watching the match was […]

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Tom Hodgkinson (in the old media corner) squares up against the new(ish) contender Facebook. A quick google search reveals that Tom does have an Internet profile: he tells us that he plays the ukulele, and he does blog about his current reading in a convergent media fashion.Also, anyone who has a web site […]

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http://www.knowandnetwork.org/francesbell/weblog/222.html
I just received this fascinating comment on my blog post at Emerge, scroll down to read all of Cristina da Costa’s comment.
“Just a quick note about bearded women:
In Portugal we usually use the expression Thick Bearded Women to refer to women who are educated, hard-working, courageous and sharp in their decisions and actions. In other […]

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http://www.knowandnetwork.org/francesbell/weblog/77.html
I came across this interesting site last week - Damsels in Success.
Like Knowandnetwork, you can build a  profile and link to friends. There are also links to jobs and recruitment services.  I am wondering if that is something that might be of interest to Know and Network members.

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