OK.  Here is a status report on the Weblog Network. Sources of revenue.  I have five in mind.  None include banner advertising or sponsored sites.  I am going to work on firming these up and will keep them under wraps for competitive reasons.  Expert weblogs.  The initial response has been great (my mailbox is full… Continue reading OK.  Here is a status report on the Weblog Network.

1. Sources of revenue.  I have five in mind.  None include banner advertising or sponsored sites.  I am going to work on firming these up and will keep them under wraps for competitive reasons. 
2. Expert weblogs.  The initial response has been great (my mailbox is full even though this is a holiday weekend).  I am working on a strategy for bootstrapping this into a structure (from both the readers and authors perspective) that provides value.  Great ideas on this front.  Will assemble a team to figure this out.
3. Infrastructure and hosting.  I am looking for ideas here.  The structure of the Weblog Network is fairly simple with relatively little centralized architecture.
4. Design and programming.  I have a preliminary conceptual design
   

I just bought a DVD burner.  Wow, what fun.  I can copy a DVD in less than 30 minutes using 4x DVD that costs ~ $1 (on eBay).  I can't believe I haven't started doing this sooner.  BTW, this software from 321 Studios works great and is totally painless.  [John Robb's Weblog]

ThePacketMaster.  What is this site all about? Primarily, ThePacketMaster Linux, which is a new flavour of Linux. Why another flavour of Linux? ThePacketMaster Linux, or TPM Linux has very specific requirements, mostly oriented towards security. These requirements include: Boot and run from the CD-ROM – This allows any machine to instantly run TPM Linux, without… Continue reading ThePacketMaster

The next frontier. O'Reilly on network-aware software. [Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report]

Tasty tutorials and network effects. Mike Pick's sweet little tutorial on Pull Quotes and the Web, and Hebig.org's CSS trickery in “About the Title Pictures” will not only repay your interest, but the existence of material of this quality on independent personal sites also says a great deal about the rise of entrepreneurial authorship among… Continue reading Tasty tutorials and network effects

Synchronizing RSS Subscriptions Lists. I haven't tried it out yet, but BlogLines is a free, server-based news aggregator for those that want to be able to access their news from any web browser. Beware that these types of services often bog down once they become popular, but they're good for folks experimenting with aggregators or… Continue reading Synchronizing RSS Subscriptions Lists

Make Movable Type Easier. For those folks using Movable Type to blog, including SLS staff and those at our member libraries, Steven points us to Zempt, a graphical interface that works on disparate platforms to post to MT blogs. Some features: “Intuitive, easy-to-use interface Post entries to your Movable Type blog Full support for Movable… Continue reading Make Movable Type Easier

nEcho. nEcho continues to fly off the rails. [Mark Bernstein]

Big Picture Status Report. I thought it would be of interest to periodically update readers what is going on at OSAF, especially since signs of progress are often invisible from the outside. Our development methodology is evolving. We are using Bugzilla to track development tasks, not just bugs. Michael Toy, OSAF's Development Manager, has written… Continue reading Big Picture Status Report

More on Hydra. More on the use of Hydra in the “gathered together/logged in together” pattern, among conference goers at Apple's WWDC conference: However, those with a clue– of which I got one on Wednesday– used Hydra to take live, collaborative, notes during the various sessions. Someone in the session would start an ad-hoc Hydra… Continue reading More on Hydra