The Industry Standard: AOL’s AIM to get an extreme makeover.

I’m still paranoid about AIM after that recent TOS privacy controversy.

David Sifry (Technorati) has published a revised March 2005 State of the Blogosphere, with its underlying data. Worth a second look.

Check here for instructions on adding Philly’s best blogs to your blogroll.

A shout out to wish Dave Winer a happy 50th birthday. Congrats man.

Dave’s work has influenced the course of the entire web a great deal over the years. His advocacy of the read/write web, and building of tools to make it happen, were pivotal. I cited Dave as an influence in an interview I had with Ed Cone. IMHO, you can say he was a large part in helping bootstrap what is becoming known as Web 2.0.

If you’re reading this Dave – I hope you have a great day – and thanks again.

That’s the declaration that Tom Coates of BBC radio makes.

Two of the best voices on the subject, who did not get quoted, are Shelley Powers and Roland Tanglao.

Trackbacks extend conversation and bridge communities. Go read and help think of viable alternatives.

Official BitTorrent Home Page – simple client and docs.

The Poor Man’s Tivo – great intro to BitTorrent

infoAnarchy’s Wiki – overall reference

TheRegister’s BitTorrent analysis

Azureus – Java based, generally recognized best client

Blog Torrent – simple tool for hosting .torrent files.

BitTorrent for Blogs – Jeremy Bowers post on RSS and BitTorrent.

Top 10 Bittorrent Sites – BitTorrent search engines.

Not directly related:
ITConversations – technologist radio show podcasts.

BlogBridge – Java WebStart RSS reader.

OJR: Mark Glaser: The Internet has been lauded for providing advertisers with exact metrics on how their ads perform, but it also can be turned against writers and journalists, especially at sites that live and die by traffic.

Related: Wired: The New Old Journalism: “it’s not the medium, it’s the reporter.”

Related: Microsoft Small Business: How to make money from your blog: “Many of the people who write blogs today simply want to share their opinion on something. But then there are the business-minded folks, who have found a way to use blogs, or Web logs, to bring in a little extra cash too.”