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Article: Blogs: my new addiction.(online spotlight)
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When I give talks about information overload, one of the biggest culprits I name is the Weblog. Ira busy e-mail discussion list is like snorting coke, getting started on blogs means you've started mainlining the hard stuff. For example, I urge you not to read Kevin Kelly's Recomendo [www. kk.org/recomendo/], or BoingBoing.net, or JetCityOrange.com. And let's not even talk about ResourceShelf.com, TheShiftedLibrarian.com, or ResearchBuzz.com. Nope, I'm not hooked ... I can quit any time I want.
I remember discovering Weblogs back in 1999. "Hmmm," I thought. "Just like the early days of Web pages. Why do I care to read someone's list of favorite movies or thoughts ...