My beautiful Kalila has brought to my attention that dooce.com was mentioned in an article by the Washington Post. Kalila likes to check “Dooce” every so often as it is linked on Dr. James’ blog. Dooce is very funny because she tells things like it is from her perspective, in a clever way. Her entries can be too long for me sometimes, but I find her interesting nonetheless. Anyhoo, Dooce was mentioned because she is one of many that have been fired because of her blog. She has even coined the action as “being dooced” (dooce referring to dropping a dooce in the bathroom sense). I just think its unreal that blogs are so “influential” that it has costed people their jobs. And it’s not because people are blogging on company time, it’s because of the content of their entries. Check out the article at http://story.news.yahoo.com/ news?tmpl=story&cid=1804&ncid=1804&e=1&u=/ washpost/20050211/tc_washpost/ a15511_2005feb10. Another person featured in the article, Mark Jen, actually got fired from Google (who actually encourage their employees to blog) for his blog. Hello, Google runs blogger.com. I thought he had some interesting things to say about the situation on his blog (http://www.99zeros.blogspot.com). I thought it was ironic that he still uses blogger. Here are some thoughts he had about blogging:

people ask me if i’m bitter. funny thing is, despite all this, at the end of the day, i can see where google is coming from – but i don’t agree with their stances and i wish they had executed a little differently. i think blogging is the next big thing on the internet. the web gave people revolutionary access to information; email and instant messaging disrupted the way people communicate with each other; blogging empowers everyone to create new information and connect in a community. it’s the culmination of lots of the progress that has happened on the internet rolled into one huge, powerful, killer app. corporations should embrace this technology just like the ones before it. companies that are confident in their offerings should let employees spread the word. in today’s age of information overload, blogging is quickly emerging as the fastest and most cost-effective method of marketing.

I particularly resonate with the article because my boss, also a friend, read comments I’ve made on my blog about her, and that sparked some discussion about a particular situation. She was very gracious and understanding, and she has now joined the ranks of the blogging (Welcome Eli!). Oh well, thought this was an interesting article.

Instead thinking of something good to say for my blog today, I’ve decided to add some more links to the side of my page. Let me make some comments about these:

First, I have added three new sections of links: Church, Biblical Studies, and Theology. Obviously, these are going to be more interesting to Christians, especially the more academic type. However, anyone one who has interest or is curious about such things should enjoy these, for they are some of the best I’ve found.

Second, the church links are generally those whose ministry I would endorse. King of Grace is the church I currently attend in Methuen, MA and Sovereign Grace Ministries is who we are associated with. On the SGM, the Acts 29, and the PCA websites they all list the churches associated with them in different parts of the country and world and should be of benefit to someone somewhere I hope.

Third, I plan to add more links on culture and philosophy, so look for those in the future.

I am amazed everyday how helpful the internet can be. There are billions of sites on everything that can be thought of by human mind. I hope some of the links I list will be as helpful for others as they are for me.