I’m always interested in reading, writing, and talking about the effect that the online world has on the “rest” of our lives, though it is becoming increasing difficult to draw a nice, neat line of separation between the two.
Last month, in one of my first posts, I outlined the ways in which my own [...]

World Cup blogs – A collection of blogs chronicling the prospects of each of the 32 teams in this summer’s soccer World Cup.
Nuts about Southwest – Peanuts, anyone?
5 Meetings Before Lunch – Won a 2006 Webby as the best business blog.
CJR Daily – Media criticism from the Columbia Journalism Review.
Inc.com – A roundup of entreprenuerial [...]

We’re having a boy!

Originally uploaded by Bryper.

Here’s a shot from my wife’s ultrasound this morning. The baby is due in mid-October. We had only had a girl’s name picked out so we have some work to do. I’m over the moon.
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Ten more links to compelling blogs and sites with RSS feeds:

Dear Elena – Touching personal stories from a grieving but hopeful father.
Open Democracy – “Free thinking for the world.”
Working as Expected – "Tales of a corporate hypnotist.”
Online Journalism Review – Journalism in the online world.
OJR Readers’ Blog – OJR readers contribute to the conversation.
Alex the [...]

Here are the first five websites whose RSS feeds I’ve added to my Bloglines account. It’s part of my goal to find 50 new and interesting sites in 50 hours:

Mediabistro.com – Media industry news.
Comment is free – A collection of bloggers and columnists for the Guardian and Observer newspapers in the UK.
Jackie Danicki – An [...]

Some helpful advice from Stowe Boyd on keeping your RSS feeds fresh:
Randomly drop 20% of your RSS feeds every month or so. Sure, if you stumble back upon an old favorite, and they catch your interest again, add them back in. But spend a chunk of time out there trying new voices, building new social [...]

MySpace has captured Breakout of the Year honors at the 2006 Webby Awards.
See all of this year’s winners, which were announced yesterday, as well as the complete list of nominees.
And if you’re trying to figure out how to make MySpace work for your company or organization — as I will be doing when meeting [...]

Some of what I’ve been reading/following online and on my mp3 player:

When not to sue a bloggerNew York ad agency drops lawsuit against the Maine Web Report’s Lance Dutson. Free speech reigns.
Let the kids play?
Should Second Life continue to prohibit users under the age of 18?
‘Nothing fun about e-mail’
Open SourceIt’s a radio program. It’s a [...]

This blog is just 10 days old, and I’ve learned my first hard lesson: be extra careful when you delete comments, because it may come back to haunt you.
Three days ago, on Monday, May 1, I deleted the following comment from this blog, which was being held for moderation:“This as smart Idea. and WE need [...]

Following last month’s launch — and notoriety — of monthlydollar.com, copycat sites were sure to follow.
First came nozda.com (I’ll admit, I deleted his/her comment to my initial post on monthlydollar, although perhaps I did so hastily), which purports to be raising money for a “professional internet portal” for Afghanistan. No takers as of yet.
Now, monthlyeuro.com [...]