Blogs, blogging. Here is a thoughtful piece about blogging and journalism from the NYTimes (registration required--or use bugmenot.com.) The New York Times > Magazine > Phenomenon: Your Blog or Mine?: "There are two obvious differences between bloggers and the traditional press: unlike bloggers, professional journalists have a) editors and b) the need to maintain a professional reputation so that sources will continue to talk to them. I've been a journalist for more than a decade, and on two occasions I asked acquaintances whether I could print information that they had told me in social situations. Both times, they made clear that if I published they would never speak to me again. Without a reputation for trustworthiness, neither friendship nor journalism can be sustained over time."