Reading List September 20, 2005

• Seth Godin's Incomplete Guide to Blogs and the New Web (PDF file, via A VC) - Seth Godin has posted a PDF guide to blogging and it's free.
• Alacra Wiki (via A VC) - Alacra, an aggregator of premium business information, has a wiki.  Could be useful on the work front.
• Wikis (A VC) - This is a good look at the value of wikis and provides links to some good wiki info.
• Adding Your Voice to the Conversation: Why CEOs Should Blog (Global PR Blog Week 2.0 via Doc Searls) - This article provides a nice perspective on CEO blogging and also gives lots of useful links to corporate blog resources.
• Corporate Blogging 2.0 (Blogwrite for CEOs) - Debbie Weil thinks that the 2,000 employee blogs emanating from Microsoft provide a window in the company's true soul. Microsoft even has it's own Deep Throat. Me thinks Debbie may be right.
• Minipreneurs (Trendwatching.com via Jeff Jarvis) - This newsletter piece pulls together a bunch of disparate information to highlight the trend towards consumer selling via eBay and many other services.
• Banned Books Week (Library Boy) - This post is about the American Library Association's annual Banned Books Week. Among the top 10 most frequently challenged books in 2004 is Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men."  Sheesh.
• Spam Blogs (A VC) - Fred Wilson is finding more spam blogs now that Google has entered the blog search game.