I saw this article mentioned by The Krafty Librarian and thought it was an interesting read. I've never really thought about comparing Google and Wal-Mart, but there are a lot of striking similarities. Check it out: Why Google Is Like Wal-Mart.

While reading this article I stumbled across Quit Your Job to Blog, Blog, Blog and Vive les Blogs! The first article is about Jason Kottke's gamble of quitting his job to support himself via donations from his blog's readers. It sounds insane, but it may actually work. The second article is about the popularity of blogging with the French and how they are leading the way in blogging in Europe. Interestingly enough, statistics show that French is now the most common language in the blog world after English. Who knew? My first guess would have been Japanese and then maybe Spanish. A lot of the blog popularity in France can be attributed to French youth, with half of all school children blogging. Students there are actually being expelled for their blogging. I wonder how soon we will see some of this crop up in our own classrooms?

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