Blogging Trends

This article from Tecnorati portrays growth and trends in the blogosphere, and lays out how blogs are shaping the agenda for pretty much lie itself.
Blogs are no longer only "for fun" diaries, they are means for political and financial agenda setting.

Suggested Blogs

I'd like to share Dr. Kisselburgh's recommendations on some blogs, particularly for those interested in certain topics:

journalism
* Dan Gillmor for digital traces, tolerance, and career prospects

global issues
* Ethan Zuckerman from Ars Electronica

legal issues
* John Palfrey on the financial crisis versus the market for legal services

general commentary
* David Weinberger's blog

identity and social technology trends
* Danah Boyd's blog

From Blogs to the Theaters Near You

Julie and Julia is a pleasant movie about cooking, blogging, and connecting. It is based on real people and life stories. I have watched it over the summer and thought about it for a while, from an MTS perspective.

Julie Powel creates a personal blog to start the Julie/Julia Project. Her blog becomes a way to connect with Julia Child (an amazing woman who introduced French cooking to America), with her many followers, and with herself.

When you are writing a blog, like Julie Powell's personal blog, you are opening your diary to the world. It is not only a matter of writing consistently, or using a personal language, or walking your followers through a goal with you. I think it is the combination of all. People have commented on her posting and Julie Powell developed a relationship with and care for all the strangers who were thinking about her once in a while.