Blogosphere News & Articles

In the past, we’ve highlighted the growing popularity of blogging. But, as it turns out, there’s a big difference between reading and writing.

Recently, Technorati released its 5th annual State of the Blogosphere report. While it notes that 133 million blogs have been indexed since 2002, it also shows that only 1.1% of them — 1.5 million blogs — have been updated in the last seven days.

To assert that blogging is a mainstream activity may be a bit of exaggeration. People may have blogs, but they may not actually be blogging.

The next time you see the phrase “open source” used in association with some software, be advised that you’ll need to take that claim with a grain of salt. This was a statement made last November by ZDNet blogger David Berlind.

As the concept of Professional Open Source gains momentum and more vendors jump on this boat, its becoming increasingly important to have some reliable indicators of what a real open source effort looks like.