Proud member of the X-List

Some kind of threshold has been reached when something like Blogebrity can be launched and just might not be a joke.  I don't know whether it's a threshold of critical mass or the critical step down a slippery slope.  Maybe both.

I figure I'm somewhere in the middle of the X-List.

And yes, I think the Blogebrity Swimsuit Edition would be a really bad idea.

My Google Debuts

...and who didn't see this coming with the inevitability of an iridium-laced asteroid?  http://google.com/ig. 

Nofollow for Journals

One of the hidden features of our latest update is support for the rel="nofollow" convention for links in comments.  Since Journals automagically makes anything in a comment that looks like a link clickable, this will hopefully help discourage link spam from getting started.  (Nofollow tells engines such as Google and Technorati that the link itself wasn't created or endorsed by the author of the page and so the link doesn't mean any additional weight should be given to the link's target.  It's not the best name for the concept, but why quibble?)

AIM Blogs

I'm ecstatic about our latest release of AOL Journals (just announced)  -- AIM Blogs!  This essentially opens up the AOL Journals blogging service to the public.  Anyone with a free AIM screen name can now create blogs at journals.aol.com.  Cool!

Stumbled across: Feed Fest

Just stumbled across FeedFest at corante.com:

"Feedfest is a six-month online multimedia series focused on the increasingly dynamic and powerful content syndication applications that are allowing people to consume what they want, when they want, where they want and how they want. Launched last year as “RSS Winterfest”, the re-named event will feature interviews with the thought leaders who are shaping new ways for content to be published and consumed. This year’s program has expanded to include other syndication formats besides RSS, and will also explore the growing syndication of audio and video as well."

Looks interesting, though I am wondering: Why six months?  Do Robert Scoble, Steve Gillmor, Bob Wyman, & co. hibernate for the other six?