IDSA Conference - Blogs as a Research Tool

Thanks for the good turnout (see photo in previous post) and great questions at the presentation today.  There was a balanced mix of interest in blogs from both the research and design/technical perspectives.

Download a PDF of the presentation "Blogs as Reference and Research Tools for Designers":

Download idsa_blogs_presentation_2005.pdf (3.5 MB)

I'll be adding the audio and video from the presentation next week.

Here are links to some of the key sites discussed in the presentation:

·       Feedster (blog search)

·       PubSub (blog search)

·       Technorati (blog search)

·       Catalyst (research on blog use)

·       Pew (research on blog use)

·       TypePad (blog publishing tool)

·       News Gator (Web-based RSS reader)

·       You Subscribe (Outlook-based RSS reader)