DFID's Julia on the back story of their frontline bloggers

Free photos for bloggers.

Thought-provoking breakdown of the current UK government bloggers (including yours truly) into 5 categories, the fifth of which is still something of a ghost town.

Dave Briggs's blogging 101

Paul Canning's comment on the party political blog wars is the best I've yet read.

Serial commas, excessive exclamation marks, surplus "that"s. Tips to remember.

Blogging is like the process of a guy getting a pedicure for the first time. Initially, he’s a skeptic and thinks it extremely “metro.” But after doing it, he feels great. The only thing is, half your friends won’t understand it; the other half will laugh at you.

Because it made me laugh.

Refreshing.

Can't remember where I saw this, or whether it's already done the rounds. But this report from the IBM Center for the Business of Government is a rich source of social media case studies from US government and has great tips for would-be public sector executive/spokesperson bloggers.

...or 10 reasons to get excited, if you're a WP user.

“Good [web] writing should be like a skirt: Long enough to cover the subject, but short enough to stay interesting.” I really like this analogy, but probably won't be using it around the office.

A fun article but seriously good advice to take on board yourself if you blog, and pass onto clients for corporate blogs back at work. I *think* I've avided most of these...

Amy Sample Ward has a great downloadable 'cheat sheet' comparing the pros and cons of the most popular blogging platforms. Handy.

Some nifty ways of putting the personality into online personal branding wirth cool avatar tools.

Useful summary for bloggers.

It's funny because it's true.

A good presentation on how to blog

My personal cocomments page. Not used it yet, likely to be a dull visit for now.