Civilizing the Blogosphere

One of the scariest aspects of blogging can be the sometimes nasty nature of the blogosphere. Anonymous readers can leave some pretty awful stuff on comment boards, and anyone with an opinion -- whether substantiated or not -- can post instantly accessible information at the click of a button. In response, a small set of bloggers are joining together to set online standards of conduct. The final result could take any number of forms -- perhaps a seal of approval and a third party that monitors your blog -- but you can read all about the proposals in an article from today's New York Times. The article is here.

A Blog in Pictures

A pretty funny picture from today's New York Times that details the evolution of the comments section on a blog post. Click on the photo to enlarge.

A Runner's Best Friend

We have a couple runners in the office (and the optimistic goal of having a Buchanan PR team at this year's Broad Street Run), so when we stumbled across this tool, the runners in the office got pretty excited.

http://www.walkjogrun.net/

Click your running route onto a Google Map, and it'll calculate your mileage and calories burned. Very helpful. Very cool.