Who is that masked man.
Via Turtleneck.

James Landrith points out a couple interesting blogging articles.
First, Dan Farber asks What’s up with blogging, and why should you care?:

Many blogging advocates believe that blogs are the most significant democratizing force since the rise of the Internet itself.

Maybe, maybe not. But blogs do open channels of communications and lead to relationships that would otherwise not exist.
Second, Eric Richardson asks Can Corporations and Blogging Co-exist?:

…. .the fundamental problem with corporate blogging. There is a conflict of interest between the open nature of the blog format and the restraints of corporate image and sponsorship.

I don’t know as this is a real conflict on a clearly branded corporate blog. Readers can see the sponsorship information and appropriately filter what they are reading.
If, on the other hand, a business or political entity pays folks to man a blog that appears to be simply the voices of its author(s) when in fact it is a stealth propaganda effort then Richardson’s conflict holds.

Yesterday and today have/will be consumed by real work and meetings running into the late evening. I should be back to a ‘regular’ posting pattern sometime tonight.
As usual, there are many interesting folks on the blogrolls. Take a look at a few that you don’t regularly visit.

The Commissar’s Deck of Cards:

…a deck of 52 playing cards to assist our troops in Blogistan to identify dangerous bloggers, regime holdouts, and hardcore Blaa-blaah-ists.

is good for a chuckle and some serious hunting.
Via Kevin Aylword who is the 8 of spades.