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Blogging: Stress buster or stress?

Blogging can be a great stress buster because whenever we write a blogpost, it relieves our brain. But blogging can also become a stress when you blog for money. Bloggers who blog for money try to fill their blogs with anything and everything..

Blogging Connects Women Across the World

October 21, 2008, Washington, DC: The Zonta Club of Washington and The Advocacy Project (AP) have launched a blog group to connect professional women in the Washington area with young American women volunteering for human rights overseas.

This innovative use of information technology was developed during the summer, when eight Zonta members in Washington decided to follow the blogs of graduate students serving as AP Peace Fellows in Serbia, Kosovo, Uganda, Jordan, El Salvador, Nepal and Kenya.

What George Orwell Wrote, 70 Years Later to the Day

The observations were made by George Orwell, whose copious diaries are now being published every day in blog form, exactly 70 years after they were made. The scholars behind the project say they are trying to get more attention for Orwell online and to make him more relevant to a younger generation he would have wanted to speak to.

NxE’s Fifty Most Influential ‘Female’ Bloggers at Weekly Articles

Strong, interesting women are taking over the blogging world. They have the passion, they have the skills, and they are here to stay. Today, we're listing fifty most influential female bloggers at the moment.

Beijing Detains Quake Critic

In China it is known as Article 4, and it forms part of the "State Security Law of the People's Republic of China". This might not mean a lot to most people, but Article 4 is famous, no, make that infamous, amongst China watchers.

Black Accountability Project: DNC Color Divide

"AAPP says: Karen Brooks of The Dallas Morning News is reporting on the problems involving the selection of Democratic National Convention bloggers. Check out the link to her article below. Ms. Brooks provides a great overview on the issues involving the Democratic Party and how they are treating black bloggers. I know Native Americans and the Angry Indian must be wondering why Native Americans seem to be excluded by the DNC as well."

WARNING: Blogging Could Be Hazardous to Your Health

Sitting for 16-18 hours a day at your computer, what could possibly be dangerous about that, right?

With the recent deaths of two prominent bloggers, health concerns have many in the biz thinking about their lifestyle. Weight loss or gain, sleep disorders and exhaustion are a few of the health problems that go along with the job..

88 Percent of Businesses Expected to Increase Social Media Spending in 2008

A study by a social network software and service vendor suggests a big surge in social media spending by business is on its way. Also some very interesting numbers about how they're measuring impact; fully a third are not just measuring ROI, but reporting it's in the black.

LiveJournal Says Users are Responsible for Content of Links

LiveJournal tries to turn the blogosphere upside down. Ooops. Don't they talk to the folks at SixApart?

Civixen: A Blog For Bon Vivants, Potty-Mouths And Shirt-Lifters

Why do I blog? Believe it or not, laziness has been a great motivator. I grew increasingly fatigued of repeating all my HILARIOUS anecdotes over and over and passing around my digital camera so my drunk friends could squint at the display screen. I also spend about 27 hours a day on the Internet reading other people's blogs anyway, so it wasn't much of a stretch to find a format I liked and make the jump myself. Plus, I still haven't found...

Tim O'Reilly Calls for a Blogger's Code of Conduct

A good outline of ideas for a blogger's code of conduct. Should make for an interesting comment thread.

Kerry Sponsors Senate bill giving bloggers FOIA powers

Senator John Kerry today announced his support for a legislative initiative designed to assist the freedom of the press. The bill would make the federal Freedom of Information Act more powerful, primarily by making it harder for the Administration to deny or delay the release of information. It does that by requiring that an agency respond to FOIA requests within 20 business days and establishes a publicly available tracking system for requests. In addition, the legislation would help bloggers,

When science slams into the uninformed blogger - International Herald Tribune

Interesting article about the power we wield as bloggers and consumers of information. With the new 24-hour news cycle, incorrect information can be swept up into the mainstream very quickly.

24-Hour Newspaper People

Great story by Carr on the allure of blogging: "There is an intimacy to the exchange of electrons almost like an online romance that means you are a real person to me, he said. We were already having a conversation of sorts." The most addictive page on the Internet is my TypePad stats page which tells me what sites are linking to me.

BoingBoing's most-trafficked posts of 2006 (and all time)

So you took the year off from reading BoingBoing huh Jon? Time to catch up.