Blogs & blogging. Here is an interesting kind of techie perspective on journalism and blogs coming out of South Africa. It asks some questions that big media needs to confront. If you want to be a journalist working in the next few years, you need to consider these ideas as well. Mail and Guardian Online: Open source software challenges big media: "Their tone is one of fear mixed with arrogance, and it's a response to a problem all traditional media face: if the public is prepared to consider the views of individuals as journalism, how do we keep up a competitive advantage? If anyone can be a reporter, what value-added services can an online newspaper offer to avoid being left in the dust? "