Why re-invent the wheel to report what other wonderful work others have done? - quick post on blogs the easy peasy way ;D
The gang at Common craft who do such fab work on making things easy produced this video on blogs in plain English. Check out their other work in blip.tv.
My two cents worth as they say in the states (my experience/opinion) is that observation is a powerful tool to see what's out there in the blog world, and if you couple this with the firefox add-on called NoScript, then you can see exactly what's embeded in every blog (scripts, widgets, etc.).
So keep your passion alive - always seek to make life easier for others, to communicate and to have all the fun you can with your blogging. It's about engaging yourself and being in the moment. If it's not fun, then why do it?
Resources/links related to blogging...
170+ Must-Have Tools For The Beginning Blogger
http://elitebydesign.com/170-must-have-tools-for-the-beginning-blogger/
Blogging Toolbox: 120+ Resources for Bloggers
http://mashable.com/2007/06/19/blogging-toolbox/
The Ultimate Blogger’s Toolbox - More than 80 links to tools and resources to help improve your blogging experience
http://www.habitationofjustice.com/bloggers-toolbox
Universal McCann provides statistics and a global insight into the popularity of blogging in different countries
http://www.universalmccann.com/Assets/wave_3_20080403093750.pdf
future labs take on blogging and education
http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/publications-reports-articles/web-articles/Web-Article569
Comments, Trackback: Blogger vs Haloscan
http://www.consumingexperience.com/2005/05/comments-trackback-blogger-vs-haloscan.html
20 Analytics Tools For Blogs
http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/01/20-blog-analytics-tools/
what the world is searching for - using yahoo search
http://buzzlog.buzz.yahoo.com/overall/
googles hottest search terms...
http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends
search for trends and what's hot in the blogosphere
http://www.blogpulse.com/
what's popular and hot - technorati
http://technorati.com/pop/
