“Form follows data – Artistic ambient information visualization design weblog.” (Andrew Vande Moere)

“(…) lead times, especially for the bi-monthly and monthly design magazines, can actually be as long as four to six months before a story sees print, and by then it is likely an original idea will have turned stale. Conversely, blogs are instant transmitters of thought and, more importantly, forums for instantaneous response.” (Steven Heller – AIGA Voice) – courtesy of xblog

“UX for user experience. Centric for at the center. UXCentric is for those passionate about – and consumed by – improving people’s experiences on the Web.” (Dave Rogers)

“(…) a leading news and business intelligence service on technology and science that’s read by many of the sector’s top entrepreneurs, executives, funders, followers and thinkers. An information service that delivers targeted news coverage of multiple verticals via its website and email newsletters, Corante is also helping to pioneer the emergence of blogging as an influential and important form of reportage, analysis and commentary.” (Corante)

“Bloggies are a set of 30 publicly-chosen awards given to weblog writers and those related to weblogs. This is the fifth ceremony, with previous winners listed on their respective sites: 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. Everyone’s invited to take part in the awarding process, so read below to find out how you can nominate and vote for your favorite blogs!”

“(…) a bilingual online magazine that provides an opportunity for researchers and practitioners who work in the user interface design (including user experience, information architecture, GUI, and usability) field in the Chinese and the English speaking worlds to publish their thinking and exchange views with each other.” (Site Mission) – courtesy of webword

“To some degree, this website is an experiment, an attempt to synthesize a large promotional site with an active, ongoing personal journal. More than articles and tidbits, my intention is for each the professional and personal sections to be uniquely deep and rich. To provide as much insight and interest to your heart as to your head.” (Dirk Knemeyer)

“Freewheeling bloggers can boost your product – or destroy it. Either way, they’ve become a force business can’t afford to ignore.” (David Kirkpatrick and Daniel Roth – Fortune)

“(…) our assessment of the coming opportunities and challenges, as we see them, for the field of independent media, and, by extension, for any organization or individual that will be affected by the new media landscape – which is to say, all of us.” (Andrew Blau – Global Business Network)

“SIMPLICITY is an experimental research program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, focused on developing technologies for design – designs that are simpler to understand, easier to use, and, ultimately, more enjoyable.” (John Maeda – Simplicity) – courtesy of victor lombardi

“The informational overload currently facing Western society is changing the way we understand the world as well as rendering obsolete our current ways of managing information and creating knowledge. With these changes in mind, I will examine the blogging service LiveJournal as a new and more applicable way of managing information and creating knowledge in today’s society.” (Kate Raynes–Goldie – First Monday December 2004)

“(…) technology is for human beings and any technical solution that does not take human needs and desires into account is bound to fail.” (Colleen Taugher – Center to Bridge the Digital Divide)

“I am Peter Boersma, male, 34, living in an apartment from 1670 in the centre of Amsterdam. I studied computer science and ergonomics, and have been working in the field since 1995.” – Welcome to the blogosphere! (Peter Boersma)

An Information Science and Visualization Blog. (Julis Schorzman)

“Isn’t it interesting that some of the most significant ‘revolutions’ of the last twenty years have all had to do with writing? How retro is that? First we had email, then webpages, then mobile phone texting, and now blogs. All this reflects a trend whereby the world is becoming more formal in how it communicates. Instead of body language and endless conversations, communication has shifted towards endless words on a screen.” (Gerry McGovern)

“Joichi Ito, founder of Neoteny and other Internet companies, finds that cyberspace is embracing it roots — collaboration, community, and personal communications — with bloggers leading the way.” (ACM Ubiquity)

“Planet HCI is a web aggregator of feeds from HCI-related blogs, i.e., of those who care about how computers can serve users better.” (About HCI)

“Grassroots journalists are dismantling Big Media’s monopoly on the news, transforming it from a lecture to a conversation. Not content to accept the news as reported, these readers-turned-reporters are publishing in real time to a worldwide audience via the Internet. The impact of their work is just beginning to be felt by professional journalists and the newsmakers they cover. In ‘We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People’, nationally known business and technology columnist Dan Gillmor tells the story of this emerging phenomenon, and sheds light on this deep shift in how we make and consume the news.” (O’Reilly)

“Follow your passion with dedication and talent and money will follow.” (Didier Hilhorst) – congrats!

“Playing for the Gurus this time around? We have Brenda Laurel, John Maeda, Christina Wodtke, Jesse James Garrett, Eric Meyer, and Nathan Shedroff. (…) For the Bloggers? We have Angie McKaig, Ben Fry, Veerle Pieters, Bob Baxley, Dave Shea, Shaun Inman, and Luke Wroblewski. Plus, I have a surprise twist of events that rivals the season finale shocker on Survivor that gave Rupert an extra cool million. You’ll just have to read on to find out what happens.” (Andrei Herasimchuk – Design by Fire)