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I liked the Georgia State subject area blogs (although on first glance it's difficult to see how they organized it), and I was thinking of the potential of libraries using blogs to evaluate their materials. I can see that this idea might sound disastrous because it might solicit negative feedback that would harm the reputation of the library.

My first exposure to blogs didn't happen until they emerged as a story covered by traditional media. At that time, my impression was that blogs were largely forums for self-indulgence (and if my memory serves right, this was how they were often depicted in the stories that wrote about blogs as an emerging trend). Rebecca Blood's article suggests that this impression might actually have reflected the predominant mode of blogging at that time. I know that I was quite content to ignore blogs, blogging and bloggers.

It occurs to me that writing a blog about blogging must be a metablog, but I digress.

First off, on a matter of curisoity: do any of you folks know anything of filmmaking, digital camcorders or the software that would allow one to edit digitally shot movies on a computer?  I'm considering picking up a low-end HD camcorder (my little "co-op gift"), but don't really know much of the technology.  Though I'd like to say it's for my media sharing project, it's primarily for having fun and amateur filmmaking.  Does anyone have any thoughts on that matter?

Reading about blogs and blogging this week made me realize how the many blogging features I have simply accepted have their own unique history. It was interesting to note how functionality taken for granted can have such an effect on the ways in which people blog. For example, according to Rebecca Blood the simpler interface offered by Blogger helped create a more personal style by making it more natural to post personal thoughts and reactions.