Technocrati Statistics Part II - february 2006

"In Part I [past post] of the State of the Blogosphere report, I covered the overall growth of the blogosphere. Today I'm going to cover the growth of the blogosphere as media, and discuss some of the emerging trends that deal with handling information overload. "

http://technorati.com/weblog/2006/02/83.html

Tree interesting days - Vancouver Blog Conference

I've been to the Northern Voice Conference during the last few days: interesting experiance!

Here some people's blog that I know: Brian, D'Arcy and Alan
You can find information about the Social Software Salon and the Edublogger Hootenany session.

Statistic: teenagers and blogs

"Over half (52%) of all blogs are developed and maintained by teens ages 13-19."
Media Awarness Network

Blogging Conference

"Northern Voice is a community-based blogging and personal publishing conference that started in February, 2005. This year’s conference will take place on Friday, February 10 and Saturday, February 11, 2006 at UBC’s downtown campus."

http://2006.northernvoice.ca/about

Interesting Books?

I would like to buy some books for my research about blogs and social softwares because I should know anything about it!
Here some references I found out. Do you think are there something interesting?
If you have any suggestions, please leave a comments.

Social Software and the "social issue" in general:
-Reassembling the Social : An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory (Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies) (Hardcover, 2005)
by Bruno Latour

or (same Editor)

- Making Things Public : Atmospheres of Democracy (Hardcover, 2005)
by Bruno Latour (Editor), Peter Weibel (Editor)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262122790/ref=pd_sr_ec_cs_b-koth-pa1/102-2923208-1849711?s=books&st=%2A&v=glance&n=283155

Blog and Blogosphere:

- We've Got Blog: How Weblogs Are Changing Our Culture (Hardcover, 2002)
by Editors of Perseus Publishing, Rebecca Blood
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0738207411/qid=1139261552/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-2923208-1849711?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
Always "on loan" at UBC Library (it has tree recall)

- Blog : Understanding the Information Reformation That's Changing Your World (Hardcover, 2005)
by Hugh Hewitt
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/078528804X/qid=1139261821/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-2923208-1849711?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
It is "in order" at UBC Library

- The Weblog Handbook: Practical Advice on Creating and Maintaining Your Blog (Paperback)
by Rebecca Blood
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/073820756X/qid=1139260489/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-2923208-1849711?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
One of the most read by the bloggers community

- Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms (Hardcover, 2006)
by Will Richardson
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1412927668/qid=1139260916/sr=1-20/ref=sr_1_20/102-2923208-1849711?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
New!

At the moment I'm reading:
- L. A. CLYDE (2004), Weblogs and Libraries, Chandos Publishing Oxford
- T. N. Burg (2003), BlogTalks, Wien
UBC Library

Thanks for your help!

Technocrati Statistics - february 2006

"It's been 4 months since last October's State of the Blogosphere report, so it's time to update the numbers! For historical perspective, you can see earlier State of the Blogosphere reports from July 2005, from March 2005, and from October 2004."

http://www.technorati.com/weblog/

I Blog servono a qualcosa...

Oggi ho scoperto che la mia ricerca sui Blog non è proprio "aria fritta"....
http://berchet.humanadventure.org

Tesi sui Blogs

James Torio ha scritto una tesi intitolata: "Blogs - A global conversation". La sto leggendo mi sembra molto interessante.

"Si tratta di una ricerca condotta via e-mail su 750 blogger classificati da Technorati alla quale hanno risposto ben 174 di loro."
http://www.blogs4biz.info/index.php/2005/09/16/blogs_a_global_conversation