"There is no they" by Phil Ringnalda
The world of weblogs isn't a big city. Excellent. I don't even begin to know how to excerpt this. Everybody, go read it in it's original form. Immediately. Then, and only then, go read this. [Sam Ruby] 
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We have met the enemy and he is us
(That's one of my favorite Pogo quotes of all time. So glad I’ve found a way to use it as a post title.) Sam Ruby points to a wonderful post by Ben Hammersley entitled "There is No They." What Ben describes the "small town" feel of weblogging where change is effected by "us" rather than "them" is a big part of why I like using weblogs in classes. I'm often asked by colleagues why I don't just use the conferencing tools already available to me[~]the Prometheus-based courseware, the FirstClass conferencing system, etc.... [Channel 'social_software'] 
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Word about Blogware got out a little early...
Hey, if I see something in my referer's page, it's fair game! :-)
[The Scobleizer Weblog] 
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SQL Junkies weblog...
of course there's .NET blogs too...and now here's the Java blogs.
[The Scobleizer Weblog] 
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"TypePad News: TypePad Features and Pricing" [Daypop Top 40] 
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Sputnik: A Radio Userland/ Manila E-xact bridge PROTOTYPE

"Sputnik" is a proof of concept DLL (which I call "Sputnik" because it is the first step to doing e-commerce transactions using E-xact's software) that allows Frontier applications such as Manila and Radio weblogs to perform e-commerce transactions using E-xact's technology.

Development seems to have stalled on this ... what a pity (like so many promising Frontier/RU projects over the years)

[found via an earlier post on Roland Tanglao's Weblog] 
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A FAQ with Weblogs?
Yes, we do it on developer.e-xact.com. This is exactly what we are doing on the FAQs on developer.e-xact.com. First, answer the questions as a Manila newsitem on developer.e-xact.com. And then put them in the FAQ (a Manila story) once we have had time to reflect on where it should go and improve the answer.
So could you do a FAQ with RSS/weblogs? Yes, but it would have to go in stages. First, questions by users and answers by staff with knowledge. Posts go into a database and are chewed on by Google-like intelligence. FAQ updates are fed to staff by RSS and staff discuss them on their weblogs. In response to the new discussions, new questions are generated by users *in addition to* the same questions that users asked before. Once again, Google-chewing on the database yields more FAQs of better quality. Repeat this cycle until you have a top 10 FAQ list. Publish *that* with RSS that feeds straight into the help system of your software (if it's finished goods, straight to that product's home page)
(via:house of warwick) [Roland Tanglao's Weblog] 
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