Puzzling Out Google's Blogger Acquisition
Why did Google buy Pyra, the company behind Blogger? This article is a good analysis: it's that weblogs are the ultimate search tool. More...

The Edublogger’s Guide To Podcasting
Kathleen Morris, The Edublogger, 2018/04/03
This guide from Edublogs is for educators and dips into the now-rich history of educational podcasting to create an every-teacher's guide. It's funny how podcasting was all the rage for a while, went out of fashion, and now has returned with a vengeance. No matter: I'm just happy to see it. More...

Blogs Refine Enterprise Focus
All you really need to publish a blog is a website, a text editor and an FTP server for uploads. If you want to splurge, you can spend $50 and get a blogging tool. But I've already seen "enterprise weblog solutions" selling for $50,000 and more. More...

Jupiter Research Analyst Weblogs

I have mentioned before the potential use of blogs in research and other academic activities. Yesterday this was realized as Jupiter Research announced the launch of several research blogs authored by their analysts. More...

IceBlog
Not really about online learning, but this blog from an Antarctic researcher will help you fill some of those holiday hours. More...

BlogStreet

Interesting and useful utility that allows readers to locate blog RSS feeds and that ranks them in order of their blogrolls. More...

The Blogging Phenomenon: An Overview and Theoretical Consideration
A nice paper outlining the history of blogging and clearly sketching the movement's defining features. The second part of the paper, though, is a lot more original as the author surveys several theories of mass communication as they relate to weblogs: agenda setting, multi-step flow theories, gate keeping and the spiral of silence. More...