"Blog Change Bot" [Daypop Top 40] 
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"A lot of what we do in blogging is more like prophesy about what is going to be, than commentary on what is right now [~] at least for some of us." [The Doc Searls Weblog] 
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Thoughts on micro-content, metadata and trends. My investors, my readers and a variety of other people keep trying to get me to explain what I'm interested and why I'm interested in it. Here's a first shot at this. Thanks to Steph, Kevin Marks and others on #joiito for a first pass edit. I've put it on the wiki as well so we can continue to work on this. [Joi Ito's Web Lite] 
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Jonathan Peterson: "The same tools and technologies that are empowering Amateur content creation are also empowering the next generation of entrepeneurs." [Corante: Corante on Blogging] 
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More on weblogs in business.

Thomas Burg points to B- Blogs Listing (see also for I-Blog Discussion List) and BloggingWorks Workshops. Business blogs world is speeding up. [Mathemagenic] 
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The Sharer of Secrets - Anonymous Blogging

The Village Voice had a very nice long piece on anonymous blogging that hangs on the story of Hasidic Rebel using an anonymous blogging tool called Invisiblog.  Invisiblog uses GPG and the Mixmaster anonymous remailer network which allow blogging without any need to divulge identity.

"Political activists, independent journalists, whistleblowersâo[per thou]anyone who is prevented from publishing by repressive laws or threats of violence" can benefit from covert-blogging software, writes Charles Farley of Invisiblog. Indeed, over the past year, online diarists in Cuba, Iran, and Tunisia have been jailed for publishing. Like these writers, Yeedel and several other Hasidic bloggers have put their lifestyle, if not their lives, on the line with their contentious chronicles.

Interestingly much of the writing on invisiblog blogs is much more about emotions and feelings than politics or revolution.  It feels stragely like evesdropping on a phychiatric session instead of listening to a bullhorn-wielding, masked anarchist.

[By way of BoingBoing]

[Corante: Amateur Hour] 
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Beginner's guide to trackback. Old news to most here, but with even Radio Userland now implementing the technology, trackback has the potential to be another kind of spam, with gratuitous self-links popping up all over the place. When everyone can blog, will the Blogosphere be the next victim of Usenet's neverending September? Whether providing "community support" or "publishing tool", how long before popular bloggers are forced to implement Bayesian trackback filters? [MetaFilter] 
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Assessing 'The Mac Factor'. To keep tabs on one of Microsoft's key adversaries/partners, we've amassed all our Mac-related news and commentaries in a single spot. Check out the Microsoft Watch 'The Mac Factor' page. [Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley] 
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RSS Feed Icon.

I replaced the  icon used for RSS feed with  from Bryan Bell.  Thanks to Brian for creating this wonderful icon!  I did shrink the image down a bit so it can line up with the coffee mug icon.  I hope you like it.  Now only if there was a bigger icon for Mail.  I want a red tomato with a mail stuck in it.  BTW, you are welcome to my shrunk version of the icon.

[Don Park's Daily Habit] 
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When Bloggers Meet.

It is trouble when bloggers meet.  It's like a convention for spinsters.  Uh, can I blog that?  Blah blah, oh, don't blog about this stuff.  Hey, I am getting a headache!

So I propose some rules for bloggers and non-bloggers.  If you are not a blogger and you are talking to a blogger, make it clear what is off-the-record.  If you are a blogger and you are talking to another blogger, everything is off-the-record unless you say it is on-the-record.  Why?  Because the blogger whose blab you are gonna blog about could have blogged about it himself when and if he wants to.

[Don Park's Daily Habit] 
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If I could be Steve for a day..... Don't take this too seriously, okay? But since Guy and I were talking about stuff, and it turned into a little chat about blueskying future technologies... [Teal Sunglasses] 
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»Blogs are the democratisation of publishing«. BBC: A blog for everyone. »You know a web trend has reached a high pitch of popularity when AOL starts including it in its basic software. But can blogs be truly mainstream?« [Der Schockwellenreiter] 
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Martin Rölls tägliche kostenlose Consulting-Lektion. Heute: Link or Die. Rat für Weblogplattform-Betreiber. [Der Schockwellenreiter] 
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InfoWorld:  Debate over RSS. [John Robb's Weblog] 
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