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Blogging

Diego Doval's Introduction to weblogs, Part 1 and Part 2 (Syndication).

What we're doing when we blog by Meg Hourihan.

Deep thinking about weblogs by Andrew Grumet.

The history of weblogs by Dave Winer.

Weblogs: a history and perspective by Rebecca Blood.

Personal knowledge publishing and its uses in research by Sébastien Paquet

Personal webpublishing as a reflective conversational tool for self-organized learning by Sebastian Fielder.

The new road to the White House: How blogs are transforming presidential politics by Lawrence Lessig.

Fly on the Wall is an experiment by US newspaper the Sacramento Bee to make their editorial decisions more transparent through a blog. Each member of the editorial board can make blog entries as an individual, while readers can comment on weblog entries.

Small business blogging by Dan Bricklin.

Making blogs more than just what's for dinner, a short article from The Washington Post on business blogging.

Using blogs in business, a chapter from We Blog: Publishing Online with Weblogs.

Business blogging case study, using both blogging and RSS feeds.

When will corporate blogging be recognised as a desirable skill?, a blog post from Suw Charman linking to some interesting articles.

The Scobleizer Versus Cerberus the Hound of Hades by Ed Cone. Cone is a Microsoft employee who started his blog before joining the company.

Powerlaws, weblogs and inequality by Clay Shirky.

Google's directory of weblog publishing tools

Beginner's guide to Trackback

News aggregators listing.

Blogging directories and ecosystems: Technorati, Daypop, Blogstreet, Blogdex, Blogtree, blogosphere.us, Blogshares, London Bloggers

Social software

My working definition of social software, by Tom Coates.

Social software: what's in the name?

Social software and the politics of groups by Clay Shirky.

A group is its own worst enemy, by Clay Shirky.

You Don't Know Me, but... Social Capital & Social Software, a report from iSociety.

Smarter, simpler, social, a paper from Headshift.

Are you ready for social software?, from Darwin.

The excesses of "social software", by Tom Coates.

Social climbers, by Jack Schofield (The Guardian).

A little less conversation, by Bill Thompson (BBC).

Many 2 Many, a group weblog on social software.

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