Dude with “Best Job in the World” stung by deadly jellyfish

Just days before his gig in the "Best Job in the World" ended, Briton Ben Southall was stung by a deadly Irukandji jellyfish. Southall, 34, was jetskiing with his friends when the tiny, extremely venomous creature tagged him: I ... continue

The blogosphere is alive, well and kicking

The notion that blogging, or the blogosphere may be dead or in its death throws is nearly as old as blogging itself. Some predicted blogging would die with the introduction of advertising, and yet it boomed instead. ... continue

Technorati numbers highlight the changing nature of blogging

There's lies, damn lies, and Technorati statistics...at least that's the line I would have traditionally run over the last 5 years covering Technorati State of the Blogosphere reports. And yet today, Technorati under Richard Jalichandra is looking ... continue

Are we having fun yet?

As blogging continues to mature, the days of blogging as a fun side job has been replaced by new hierarchies of power, and with it more and more parts of the blogosphere reflect the mainstream media structure ... continue

The Changing Blogosphere and Blogging 2.0

Is blogging today fundamentally different to blogging five years ago? It's a topic some smart people have been discussing recently. Darren Rowse bemoans the loss of relational focus where blogs have become more selfish in their participation ... continue

Tech blogging is only as boring as the feeds you read

Steve Hodson lights the fire under an interesting meme this weekend, suggesting that Tech blogging has become boring. In the post he cites examples within the echosphere that surrounds CrunchMeme. I do agree with Steve to a point. ... continue

The Quality Equation in Blogging 2.0

One of the challenges facing blogs today in the sea of noise is the balancing act between quality and quantity. It's actually easy to pump out posts and drive up traffic, but do many posts offer a ... continue

Switching To Blogging 2.0

The business of blogging is changing. A movement that arguably spawned social media and widespread user generated content is no longer ignoring the web 2.0 changes that have followed its rise. Open and sharing have replaced closed ... continue

Blogging 2.0 and Advertising

One of the most common arguments against Blogging 2.0 is that it threatens advertising revenue by diluting a blog as the ultimate point of conversation around a topic. Blogging 2.0 brings new challenges and distribution models, but does ... continue

Blogging 2.0 and Professional Blogging

There's been some amazing reaction and discussion around Blogging 2.0 in the last 24 hours. I don't mean to write on the topic every day, but there is one aspect I didn't tackle in the earlier post ... continue

Blogging 2.0: It’s All About The User

Another weekend means another bitchmeme, and this weekend it was all about FriendFeed. Scoble has a good summary of the debate so I won't rehash it all, but I did want to throw something into the mix: Ultimately ... continue