I'm fascinated by the way in which the blogosphere has exploded. Blog platforms are one example of social software - a whole new way for people to interact with one another.
It was time for me to put up a website for my PhD studies, but I didn't want a boring static site. What to do? Create a new weblog, of course! You're welcome to drop by Bayes 'n Bots every now and then and join the discussion.
UPDATED: I've posted a presentation on the research I've been doing on blogs as paradigms for intelligent software agents. The latter half is a bit technical, but the first part is accessible to any blog reader.
Reminds me of E-bay. When it first started, there were thousands of vendors and millions of customers. Now there are almost a million vendor struggling to attract buyers.
When there are 50 million bloggers linking to each other, who will benefit therefrom?
On the other hand, there are mechanisms like RSS that allow people to find items of interest automatically. Since I put up Bayes 'n Bots on Friday/Saturday, I've already had a few contacts from people I've never encountered in the blogosphere before who are interested in some aspects of my research ... or in one case wanted to let me know about his recent book on a related topic.
As with most things, the top 20% will have 80% of the value ....