Big-name political bloggers are banding together to try to bring order to the sometimes-chaotic blogosphere. Will Pajamas Media wake up blogs?
The Blog, The Press, The Media: Observations from Internet Librarian 2005
As I get ready to head home tomorrow, here are some final thoughts on the conference. I should also note that I’ll have my presentations online by the end of the week and I’ll post links to them from my site.
There are a lot more laptops here this year. A LOT more. Finally. Several speakers noted that this was the year we were able to skip over the intro material (what is a blog) and talk about the more advanced stuff (what to do with your blog).
• There is nothing more pathetic than a librarian who gets the facts wrong [Who is your favorite political blogger? Favorite non-political blogger? ; An interview on how to think like Joshua Micah Marshall ]
• · Scott Adams (Dilbert) is blogging: From zero to "A" List in one-day ; No Longer Safe for Work: Blogs
• · · Today’s AdAge.com reports that in 2005 U.S. workers will waste the equivalent of 551,000 years reading blogs. Well, one man’s waste is the publishing industry’s opportunity The Blog Tool - and how to use it; A look at what economist bloggers think of the nomination ; Towards an ethics of technology
• · · · Readers are rapidly migrating away from pay-for-use information services (in print or on the web) and turning to free sites hosted by print publications and to other information providers (like bloggers) for current cultural content It Doesn't Exist if It's not Free ; Everything you always wanted to know about nanotechnology... But were too afraid of quantum spookiness to ask
• · · · · Perhaps the last unenhanced human to make a significant contribution in the field of mathematics has already been born The Age of Radical Enhancement ; Village a special issue, and Nat Hentoff is in praise of personal journalism
• · · · · · The art of reporting that nothing happened ; Blogging opens new medium for academics; On what the time we spend in pursuit of virtual realities is doing to us Beyond Human