Here is a interesting fun read of the 10 tech terms we all learn or should know from 2004. Is this blogging related? Well they do mention Podcasting.

Check it. It's a good read. :-)

ITworld.com - The language of e-business: 10 tech terms from 2004   more »

Here is fantastic article by my associate and colleague Paul Chaney of Radiant Marketing Group.

Paul elaborates on a discussion he engaged in about the joy of blogging. This article was poweful for me because it captures the essence of the blogging experience for most bloggers who are serious and passionate about whey they do.

Blogs do humanize the web and Internet unlike any other tool today. Sure instant messaging, forums and newsgroups have been around for years but these tools are unable to capture the living web. The real time dynamics of community and contact through content differentiate blogs from their regular website counterparts. These tools don't reach as far and as fast as blogs and RSS do nor do they allow for the release of ideas and opinion in the powerful way the blogs do.

Blogging is ...   more »

There is no escaping the growing influence of blogs. Blogs are more than a fad and phenomenon. Blogs are here to stay. According to Technorati 23,000 blogs are being created everyday which amounts to one blog going live about every 3 seconds.

One business case for blogging is the economy of scale in communicating outside and inside the business. You can reach a wider market, communication personally with your direct market and collaborate efficiently within your business with almost zero cost compared to the potential return. This is alone is compelling.

In this very well written FORTUNE magazine Internet article by David Kirkpatrick and Daniel Roth bloggers are force that cannot be ignored.

Here are some highlights.

Blogs represent the democratization of the power of opinion
With blogs everyone not only has one but now everyone has an opinion that ...   more »