More Weblog search
If you are searching the web these days you can't claim to have done a thorough job unless you have a look at what's going on in the world of weblogs. True, Google will pick up some weblog stuff, but you'd do better with a dedicated site like Technorati.
Originally this just allowed you to search the links that the webloggers are quoting (pointing people at links is the name of the game for a lot of bloggers). But now it lets you do a keyword search, and very effectively too. I find the site a little slow to respond, but have patience and you'll get there in the end.
Probably the best slogan site in the world
Recently, I've been writing some little pieces about advertising slogans for Management Today magazine.
One essential resource is Timothy Foster's excellent AdSlogans.com site. I have known about its "Slogan Hall of Fame" for a long time, but I've just discovered that it now has links to video clips of the original commercials.
This means that next time you mention a famous slogan, you don't have to work from memory. There's a good chance that you will be able to find on this site an original commercial using the slogan. And that has to be better.
Hutton fallout
An interesting piece on the Guardian's website sets out details of how it is amending its journalistic procedures in the light of the Hutton Inquiry: The Guardian's post Hutton guidelines for journalists.
Hold The Front Page(s)
Add this to the catalogue of "Things you couldn't do before the Internet". A site called Today's Front Pages from the Newseum, a museum of journalism in Arlington, Virginia, lets you see several hundred front pages from today's newspapers around the world.
You can pick them using a map, or by country, or alphabetically, and they download as PDF files good enough to read. This certainly makes life a lot easier for anyone doing an "Around The World Today" roundup. It's also fascinating in its own right.
Warning: the site depends on pop-up windows. If you are using a pop-up killer you may run into trouble.
Read all about it
The Awareness Watch Newsletter is a weblog full of links to what its author, Marcus P. Zillman, calls "Current Awareness Discovery Tools". I think what he means is Internet sites specialising in new, topical content.
Anyway, jargon aside, there's lots to explore here, as well as a useful article listing ways to explore weblogs, mailing lists, message boards and forums, RSS and website monitoring tools. Watch out if you are on dial-up, because this link will take you straight to the Current Awareness Discovery Tools pdf.