Stuff you should know, stuff I should remember.

Fascinating: (via BoingBoing via Alex) Blogalization is a new project that attempts to address the translation issue, by combining the efforts of multilingual bloggers into a single site. The logic behind the site: if I have languages A and B and you have languages B and C, we can share memes across barriers of mutual […]

Elise (who continues to enthrall with detailed tutorials on learning MovableType) comes forth with an article on how to use your blog to make some dough. No major surprises but re-told in her signature clarity: There are two approaches to making money with a weblog; one is to create a blog specifically for the purpose […]

Microsoftie Lenn Pryor details how MSFT is putting blogging to good use: Microsoft is not thought of instantly when it comes to transparency and openness. [Blogging is] a way to scale our ability to communicate with customers in an open and honest way.

Invisiblog is a new service that promises absolute, totally anonymous blogging. Unlike other blogging and hosting services, Invisiblog doesn’t have access to any potentially sensitive information about you – not even your email or IP address. All contact between bloggers and invisiblog.com is via the Mixmaster anonymous remailer network, which uses encryption and ‘mixnet’ techniques […]

You’d think that no one had ever heard of a blogger before. 35 bloggers were given press credentials to the Democratic National Convention in Boston and the mediasphere is abuzz! As usual the press delights in reporting on itself and extending the spirit of derision and fascination now applies to the political nuts that are […]

Huge, massive congrats to David Sifry: CNN is using his Technorati tool to track political trends and discussions in the blogosphere. Fantastic idea and great exposure for David and Co. as well as blogs in general. Yippeee! This follows quickly after Technorati hit the 3-million weblog mark.

Yeah, I know – we all hate the term ‘guru’. I cringe at the few times I’ve been referred to as a guru – people that pioneered the internet – that created new tools and entirely new modes of communication – those are the gurus. I’m merely an evangelist – or a craftsman. Anyway… The […]

Corporate Blogging Blog has a quick and concise defintion of blogging and it’s benefits to the enterprise: A corporate blog is a blog published by or with the support of an organization to reach that organization’s goals. In external communications the potential benefits include strengthened relationships with important target groups and the positioning of the […]

Blogger’s knowledge base has a primer on all the tricks and hacks you can use to tweak your templates and such. Great stuff!

Steve gives an example of PR’s and blogs working in tandem to promote a product or company. Press releases basically break the “hard” news while blog posts, written by an executive in a human voice, can delve further into the “why’s” and “how’s” behind the news – e.g. the softer side of the story.