Government of Canada versus BlogsCanada
As I said when I originally posted an item on Blogs Canada last August, it would be a mistake for the Treasury Board to complain against the site's look and feel. Nobody listens. More...

A Good One From April Fool's
This short description of the April Fool's gag pulled by MetaFilter is worth a read. The popular group blog, which has had to impose membership limits because of the volume of posts, replaced its front page with a Wiki. More...

Blogs Put Developers in Microsoft 'Cockpit'
When I flew back from Phoenix last least I was able to listen to 'Channel 9' on the internal sound system. Instead of music or business programming, the staples of in-flight fare (remember: your tax dollars subsidize business class passengers), I got to listen to all cockpit communications. More...

More Corporate Blogging Resources
The theme of most advice to corporations considering an excursion into blogging - if you believe, say, Microsoft's Robert Scoble or Six Apart's Mena Trott, is "be honest" - in other words, a complete break from the usual practices in corporate communications. More...

It's A Blog World After All
Blogs are now solidly mainstream, as this article describing the corporate use of blogs illustrates. Some good description of Robert Scoble's blog, which represents (quite well) the Microsoft view of the world. More...

I'm Blogging This: A Closer Look at Why People Blog
Via Weblogg-Ed, this article casts a wide and interesting net over the subject of blogging. I really like Will Richardson's summary, which will do until you have the break time to read the much longer article. More...

TypeKey
The semantic social network takes another step forward with the announcemnt of TypeKey from SixApart. "As a TypeKey user, you get your own free TypeKey Profile Page, displaying only the information you choose to share." This profile allows you to comment on any number of websites and weblogs. More...

Superbloggers and the Future of Big Media
A panel at a media conference reports that newspapers, as we know them, are dead, and that television is not far behind. As the author of this article, blogged by George Siemens, notes, "While it might take some time for the TV to die, it's on the same path as the newspaper. The cause? News is free. The connection between the newspaper and TV models -- to the dot-coms that also provide free things supported by advertising -- is incredibly obvious." The future of journalism and of televsion is also the future of education. More...

Looking Into Practical & Productive Blogging, K8
Somebody asked me the other day whether I had respources on blogging specifically for K-12 instruction. Since I don't focus on specific sectors, I didn't. But I've kept an eye out, and here is the first hit: a weblog devoted specifically to the use of blogs in K-8 schools. More...

The Weblog as the Model for a New Type of Virtual Learning Environment?
The author of Auricle nails it. "In the weblog, however, the announcements, articles, stories are the raison d'etre' so much so that, not satisfied to present articles from one source, the weblog has the temerity, due to the adoption of the RSS standard, to receive syndicated stories from other sources and, in turn, offer it's own portfolio of articles for use by others. More...