Bill Quick's claim to fame a fraud?: No, you’re not the guy who named the blogosphere. Get over yourself. (Oh the things you learn when catch up with Kottke’s blog.)... (Blogosphere)

Kottke's grand experiment flounders: Despite the first flush of support when Jason Kottke announced his plan to make his blog his full time job, News.com reports that Full-time blogger Kottke throws in the towel. Sorry to hear it. No doubt Jason will continue to make an excellent blog the way most of us do it,... (Nanopublishing)

Blogging as a public relations skill: B.L. Ochman's tips on How To Write Killer Blog Posts are geared toward's PR professionals but are general enough to apply across the board to blogging. In fact, isn't all blogging a form of public relations? Don't we all need to write pithy headlines and grabby leads if we want the... (Weblog Concepts)

Why publishers shouldn't host weblogs and how they should: Tom Coates, the A-List hunk who once called this humble blog "astoundingly useful" (or something like that &8211; it was in my comments and they're not searchable and I'm not together enough to capture testimonials on the spur of the moment) offers a cogent analysis of why content publisher shouldn't host... (Salon Bloggers)

Bofus?: Damn! I subscribe to Mike Watt's mailing list and wade through tons of announcements for gigs in the southland and then I miss a rare Banyan appearance in an intimate SF room? What's wrong with me? How frustrating. It's been too long since I heard my favorite bass player. Scot Hacker... (Miscellany)