Weblog research roundtable. Excellent multiparty interview with weblog researchers Cori Dauber, Kaye Trammell, Jill Walker, and Alex Halavais. I especially liked Alex Halavais' insight into the future of weblogs:

“I suspect that over the next few years we will see a lot of calls
suggesting that blogging has died, and I suspect that in a sense they
will be right. The act of keeping a “Weblog” as a separate entity will
become something of an anachronism. The broader world of collaborative
Web publishing will continue to grow and converge with other
technologies, including IM and e-mail. Imagine asking someone today if
they are an “e-mailer.” That question made sense, among a certain
group, 15 years ago, when you weren't sure if someone had e-mail or
not. I have a feeling that the production of public media — whether in
the form of Weblogs, wikis, collaboratively filtered lifelogs, or some
form that I am too shortsighted to predict — will be the moving force
of a new era.”

[Seb's Open Research]

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yep, alex hits the head on the nail, once again read more for other insightes

Are you a geek?. Ken always finds the good tests. He's a a “Total Geek” with a score of 26.23274% (gotta love that precision). I, on the other hand, am a “Poser” with a score of 6.1144%. I'm not sure that's a bad thing …. [IDblog]

researchers are finallyl realizing that antibiotics aren't good for the human system and some now suggest that you need to recover from them, which i completely agree with.

E-signatures fail to catch on. Florence Olsen dares to write about the failure of market-based e-signature solutions in Federal Computer Week: “Electronic signatures have often been touted as a cornerstone of e-government, providing the legal underpinnings needed to do away with paper and move transactions… [InternetPolicy.net]

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hmm, i've used e-signatures before, they are a bit painful to get right though….