Tony Pierce's 'How to Blog': Tony, whom I finally got a chance to meet at SXSW this year (and who's as funny and personable in person as his online presence would imply) published this list of advices on blogging in his tonypierce.com busblog last year. He's now got a book out with the same title from... (Weblog Concepts)

Sifry's state of the blogosphere report: Part two talks about posting volume and the accompanying graphic (Sifry's Alerts) illustrates some interesting spikes. Be sure to check out the entire series.... (Blogosphere)

Rageboy recounts a cautionary tale: Over at Chief Blogging Officer Christopher "clootrane" Locke tells how his current project was nearly derailed at its outset by sloppy journalistic practices, but the forces of light prevailed and all's well that end's swell in RageTown.... (Journalism)

Harry Shearer guestblogging at TPM: Shearer's turn on Talking Points Memo while Josh Marshall is off getting married will be a welcome relief from Dean-hater Chait (the most recent guest).... (Blogosphere)

A blog by any other name...: Phil Ringnalda is thinking about author identity versus blog names. I've been thinking about this quite a bit as well. Over the last couple of months I've made it a point to discover the names of the authors behind many of the blogs I read on a regular basis. Aside from... (Weblog Concepts)

Nanopub metaconsciousness: Jason Calacanis is annoyed with Duncan Riley at Weblog Hype The Blog Herald for stiffing Weblogsinc Network (WIN) in his news coverage, particularly during this recent wave of news about the nanopublishing war between Calacanis's WIN and Denton's Gawker Media.... (Nanopublishing)

Curious about the Well?: Let me take a cue from Bruce Umbaugh and extend this invitation to our readers here: Friends are invited to join The WELL: The WELL, one of the most cherished and original online social gathering places, has engaged, informed, enraged and transformed people from around the globe since 1985. On April... (Salon Bloggers)