"I always say, keep a diary, and some day it'll keep you."-Mae West
What's a blog? Why do people blog? Who's who in the blogosphere? Do blogs matter? It doesn't matter if they matter, they are there, or rather, they are here in the great cyber abyss. Blogs are the collective conscience of the web sucking up bandwidth with insight, culture, politics, technology and what your feed your cat today or how many times you scratched your ass and promptly sniffed your finger afterwards and by the way, thanks for sharin'. Blogs are here to stay, some will thrive, some will bobble about and some end the first day of publication. If you blog, or have a major blog fetish, then I suggest you read "Who Let The Blogs Out: A Hyperconnected Peek at the World of Weblogs" by Biz Stone, he's a genius, don't cha know.
The blogosphere can be a little intimidating to some, but if you know the history, if you want to learn more about linking etiquette, or how to get a blog and you have brass balls enough to put yourself out there, this book can help. Maybe your just wondering about Howard Dean's rise was due to an internet bubble, that burst like a pimple on a Bush Twin's lip after the first "Yeeagh", this book has got the answers.
Blogging at work? Learn how not to get your unmotivated ass fired, or rather, dooced. Learn how one man's obsession got him a really sweet gig at Google. Learn how to network, learn the importance of linking until you can't link no more! It slices, it dices and it was actually quite informative. That dear reader is book number 2 in the 50 book challenge and I give it two thumbs up, a snap and a slap on the ass for having a cute author who believes he's a genius, other might not, but he thinks so and that is all that matters in the blogoshpere.
