scratchpad jr. (2nd import)

Garrett points to RSS4Lib, a blog hosted by Tufts University exploring how libraries use feeds.
He also mentions the article The Power of the Blog in The Scientist.

Jessamyn reports on an interesting auction to support the First Amendment Project, a group focusing on protecting and promoting First Amendment rights. Bidders compete to have a name of their choice included in a forthcoming book by several well-known authors.
(Wow. I haven’t posted to this category in /months/!)

A group of bloggers is gathering in Manhattan on Thursday, September 15, at 7 pm at a restaurant to be determined.
I actually considered going down were it not a Thursday. It could be fun.
noticed on gapingvoid

Hugh writes about the challenge with getting businesses to adopt blogging when there aren’t many case studies about the practice. I’ve been discussing this with other bloggers lately as some of us ponder blog software for intranets. Many of us know who the big public blog software companies are. Who’s providing software for intranets or [...]

Hugh writes about reconnecting with a former coworker because of a post on his weblog. I have had people from my past find me because of my blogs. Kinda nifty.

I know quite a few bloggers who use NetNewsWire, so I downloaded the freeware Lite version to give myself an introduction to the product and to see how I like using a desktop aggregator.
It’s a 3-pane aggregator, meaning a window listing subscriptions is on the left, a list of new content is in the top [...]

After looking at Wikipedia’s fundraising page, I got distracted by the link at the bottom to Cafe Press merchandise.
I especially like:
"CLEANUP: This person needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality."
"The bearer of this shirt is a stub. You can help it expand by feeding it."

Sometimes journalism can be more than just journalism. An editor in my office helps Youth Opportunity, a nonprofit agency specializing in outreach to adolescents and young adults, with their newspaper. A television station reports on the project.
(The video includes footage of a newspaper printing press.)