PSoTD

A "human resources company" commissioned a study that seems to me to be a corporate shot over the bow to employed bloggers:

More than a third of UK bloggers risk the sack by posting derogatory or damaging details about their workplace, boss or colleagues, a survey claims.

Human resources company Croner, which commissioned the study, warned that such bloggers could be sacked from their job for gross misconduct.

Croner surveyed 2,000 people who keep a personal internet blog or diary and 39% said that they made harmful comments.

Bloggers should consider the potential impact of all postings, Croner said.

Believe that? I am very skeptical. On the other hand, if such comments are helpful to the public in general even if harmful to the employer, is that a bad thing to allow?

If you're looking for something to do this weekend...

This seems like a redesign that made it considerably less easy to use to me. I'm not seeing any real new features or compelling information, and they somewhat buried the main component, blog post search... I don't see this ending up as a good move...

Yeah, Technorati has been pretty awful in the availability department lately.

What are the investigation capabilities of the "Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual-Predators (KIDS) Act"? This seems more about adding punishment after the fact than prevention before something occurs...

Known as the Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual-Predators (KIDS) Act, the proposed bill would require sex offenders to provide the National Sex Offender Registry with any e-mail address, instant message address, or other Internet identifier used to communicate online. Failure to do so could result in a fine and up to 10 years in prison.

In helping somebody else with their Blogger blog... here's how to hide the Blogger navigation bar.

I'm wondering - are bloggers more likely to post on a specific incident, or less likely, when a "big blogger" writes a post about the event? For example, when Eschaton posts on a press conference... does it increase blogging about the press conference, or reduce it?

The work of a true jackass. I hate bulletin board spammers.

Now that's a pretty sad domain name choice.

I've received several invitations to allow Newstex.com to syndicate the content of this blog to various information providers, but due more to laziness than anything else I haven't taken them up on it (yet). I don't really see it as much opportunity to make money but it could increase distribution of content. I've had one email conversation with another blogger and her experience has been positive, but in order to overcome my laziness, I'm looking for other feedback by participants. Have an experience to share? Put it in comments.