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Dances With Wolfowitz. The end of Operation Iraqi Freedom should not mark the beginning of Operation Eternal War. By Maureen Dowd. [New York Times: Opinion]

If You’re Writing an RSS Aggregator ….

Then you really ought to read Quarter Life.  He’s put together a set of likes and dislikes.  I know a bunch of my readers are writing aggregators of one form or another and this is probably useful to them.  Lots of good ideas here. 

[The FuzzyBlog!]

I was once an active USENET participant.. that essentially ended when I left Indiana University — and even there I was only active in the local newsgroups, rarely in the larger ones that spanned the world….

I’m not doing as well blogging – I find myself writing only sometimes..  I just bought a new laptop, so perhaps this will change…

Blogs, scopes, and human routers. Back before there were blogs, my groupthink laboratory was the NNTP protocol, which I used at roughly four levels: workgroup (my new media development team at BYTE Magazine), department (the BYTE editorial team), company (all of BYTE), and world (BYTE’s public newsgroups). I learned something then that was, and still is, quite difficult to describe — but critically important. I call it the principle of scoped collaboration, and I illustrated it in a chapter of my book like so: … [Jon’s Radio] Imagine a blogging and daily work tool which made this easy. A personal hub server. [TIG’s Corner]

Presstime:  Syndication Made Simple.

RSS can build loyalty among current visitors to your site and help attract new ones. It’s a customer-service initiative, too, because you’re helping your audience find articles quickly. RSS shows that you’re innovative, and yes, there’s even potential for revenue down the road.

[John Robb’s Radio Weblog] [TIG’s Corner]

Almost an Entire Armored Brigade in City’s Center, Pentagon Says. American forces continued to assault the symbols of Saddam Hussein’s rule, expanding their grip inside Baghdad and pressing inward from the periphery. By John M. Broder. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

It Was Unclear Who Was Inside or Whether Anyone Was Killed. American military forces in Iraq dropped four bombs in an attempt to kill Saddam Hussein, administration officials said in Washington. By Patrick E. Tyler. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

John Robb:  How to Defeat an Urban Phalanx.   Some thoughts and ideas on how to fight urban combat in Baghdad. [John Robb’s Radio Weblog]