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They are Doing It Too!

I was not aware the National Library Board had joined the bandwagon of organisations with blogs till I saw a post on tomorrow.sg today. The NLB book blog, "High Browse Online", has been around since October 2005. I think they are doing a great job to adopt a book blog format. Book blogs make reading book reviews easier and more fun. The blog-style makes navigation systematic and easier, as well as maintainence really simple too. I applaud organisations which are able to embrace technology the right way. An economical way to encourage the sharing of information.

Below are some tech blogs of different organisations which I read:

1. O'Reilly Developers Weblogs - discussions and articles on wide range of topics.
2. Inside FireFox - A firefox developer's blog on the incredible web browser.
3. IE Blog - The project blog of the rival! Updated glimpse into the IE development and new features.
4. Borland Developer Network - blogs of Borland projects and developers.
5. Java.net Weblogs - This is one of my favourite. There is something for Java developers of different levels. I try to read as many articles from this site whenever I can.

On a separate note, I came across this quote in the morning:
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
- Plato
I wonder how often I just have to say something? Hmmm...

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Ivan Chew said…
Glad you found High Browse Online useful. Submit us a book review or book/ library-related news sometime :)
April 11, 2006 9:54 PM
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