Seventy percent of blog-pings are from spammers
Technorati's David Sifry has published his latest installment in his quarterly series, "State of the Blogosphere." This quarter's news: Technorati is tracking 100 times more blogs than it was three years ago, and the blogosphere is doubling every 200 days, and 70 percent of the pings Technorati receives comes from spam-blogs. Link (Thanks, David!) (Disclosure: I am a proud advisor to Technorati, Inc)
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Cory Doctorow
Upcoming appearances
* Feb 9, 2012, DeKalb, IL: Day of Doctorow, NIU
* Feb 10-12, 2012, Chicago, IL: Capricon 32
* Feb 13, 2012, Arlington, TX: UT Arlington College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series
* Feb 16, 2012, Victoria, BC: 13th Annual Privacy and Security Conference
Recent books:
* Context (essays)
* With a Little Help (short stories)
* For the Win (YA novel)
* Makers (adult novel)
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