Jay Rosen sets up Sky Box blog for RNC: Jay explains why he calls it Skybox in an entry today. Reminder: I'll be blogging the RNC myself, for this blog, as well as for Edgewise and The Power of Many. I may even finish my essay for Greater Democracy one of these days.... (Journalism)

Weblog notes exclusionary language in blogs: A weblog called des femmes is taking writers (usually men) to task for using language, particularly vulgar language related to female body parts, in their blog entries, a practice that she notes tends to discourage some readers (particularly women) from participating in the conversation. In Pleasantly ignorant, she objects to Joshua... (Blogosphere)

Dvorak Doesn't Get It: I remember when the Internet started being big news and a lot of the reports back from it discussed some cursory overview of an arbitrary aspect of the Internet as if this random facet was the whole thing. The old "blind men and the elephant" metaphor. This April PC Magazine article... (Memes)

Well, I... So I decided...: Ever notice how many blog posts start with "Well, ..."? I've seen myself do it. I think it's because of the conversational nature of the medium. There's an instinct for writing as if you are carrying on or resuming a spoken converation. So then I...... (Memes)

Blogging Gnomedex: (Via Leoville), Jason DeFillippo of blogrolling has created a blogroll of bloggers blogging Gnomedex:... (Memes)

How Embarasking!: I found a link from mulli.nu! in my referer log the other day and couldn't tell what language it was in. I guess Icelandic, for some odd reason, and dropped a note to the author asking for a translation of "Favvis: Radio Free Blogistan hÔller raskt pÔ att bli min favoritblog.... (Weblog Concepts)

I Don't Know What to Say: Wow, I just passed Zeldman in the myelin blogging ecosystem. Something tells me this is just a slice off the real macrosystem....... (Memes)