CILIP Course on Blogs and Wikis

Social media systems such as weblogs, photo- and link-sharing sites, wikis and on-line forums are currently thought to produce about one third of all new Web content.  

Wikis are sprouting up everywhere, so it's not surprising that the world of investing, finance, business and money management is getting in on the act. If you're looking for stock tips, industry analysis, information about how to start a home business, or advice about paying off credit card debt...  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The Web site www.304blogs is the go-to site and one-stop destination for blogs by West Virginians. The site was created by Bill Gardner (oncee.blogspot.com) a...  

In my television critique column ( http://tinyurl.com/6rfecc), I referred to the incident wherein Yang Peiyi was not considered pretty enough to sing to the world before the camera, at the start of the Beijing Olympic Games.  

"There are times when numbers say one thing, my eyes another. I love a book called Pro Football Prospectus, which tries use stats to explain every facet of the game. I love how the authors reveal the Browns ranked No. 30 in throwing screen passes, and threw one on first down all season.  

Moveable Type from Six Apart has a new incarnation out that aims to take blogging in a more social direction. As Om malik points out , blogging has always been a social form of media. On the flipside, sites like MySpace incorporate blogs into their profile pages. But where platforms like...  

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/18/08 -- Six Apart , the world's leading blogging software and services company, announced today the launch of Blogs.com , a destination website that connects readers with the best blogs on a wide array of topics.  

7's lies, damn lies and medal counts. One of the things that has given me the $hit$ watching Channel 7s coverage of the Olympics is the adjusted medal count; this thrown up when the “real” medal count doesn’t appear to meet early morning breakfast expectations.  

It used to be that travelers looking for the hippest getaway, the coziest hotel, or the best restaurant had to rely solely on travel guidebooks, which were often out of date by the time they were published. The Web, however, has spawned a new destination for those seeking travel information...  

• Roseanne seems a bit upset that Angelina Jolie hasn't declared her support for Obama. She blogs/rants that Brad & Angie make $40 million a year in "violent psychopathic movies," donate a small fraction to charity "to look as if they give a crap about humanity" and then churn more films that...  

Submitted by Douglas Dooley on Fri, 08/15/2008 - 23:02. Tags: Up to this point, I have focused my arguments on the irrelevance of Sun's effort to make Solaris as viable as Linux on the data point of adoption, and so it is...but there is more to the story, and if i can stay awake, i would like to...  

Many would expect me to comment on the last topic I wrote about,- why I was running for Labour’s GS post. Sorry I have to disappoint you. I gave my comments to The Times online the day after and have taken a week off.  

We get a lot of books for review here at Slashdot. Most are sent out to users on our reviewer list within a few weeks. Others become part of an impressive wall of books on my desk before they find a home. There are a choice few however that are doomed to never see the inside of a Fedex box. This...  

Find out how native Detroiter Lauryn Williams fared in the 100-meter dash. Blogs from Helene St. James and a new column from Michael Rosenberg.  

It's old news in the media world, but yesterday cyberspace got a high-profile Idaho addition to the blogosphere: "From the Editors."