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Bloggapedia now has a new topic in the Bloggers Forum - "Blogging for $"
Registered users can post blogging related job offers or link to offers they know about for free!

If you have a great paid blogging opportunity, or know of one simply register in the forum and post the information in the "Blogging for $" topic.
Job offers will remain on the board for 30 days.
Be sure to include a job description, contact information, and any other pertinent details.

If you're looking for a paid blogging gig, check it out!

PHP Blog Manager, the new blogging tool that gives us this fabulous customized look, has just upgraded the user control panel to include a live chat room!
What a cool idea!

Each blog account manager may add users, assign passwords and permissions, etc. allowing others to participate and post in the blog at their discretion. Now all of the members in a blog group can meet inside their blogging accounts via the Group Chat feature.

The feature is still in the beta stages, with lots of promising updates soon to be added in - but even in this early phase it provides a quick and easy way to generate ideas as a group, have meetings, and even run a virtual classroom.

You can check out the feature by registering for an account here.

From Bloggers Blog:
"If you are still blog[g]ing in the year 2020 your blog's readers should be able to get the latest updates from your feed on their flexible display devices which could be in the form of a cereal box, refrigerator magnet, electronic newspaper, wallpaper or placemat."

Imagine, finding your favorite blog's recent posts scrolling down the back of your morning cereal box!

Read the entire article and find information about the study that inspired the prediction here.

In Edinburgh this week a fringe theater festival debuts an entirely new genre of stage performance, plays based on blogs.

There are a total of four pieces inspired by the blogosphere being presented at this year's festival, including: Oliver Mann's play "Bloggers - Real Internet Diaries" - said to be an 'anthology' of blog voices.
From a review in The Guardian:
"At its best, 'Bloggers' is light-hearted, character-based fun, giving us a selection of confused souls on voyages of self-discovery. Mann has unearthed the people you couldn't make up, such as the 40-year-old agoraphobic virgin manning a sex chatline. A heart-warming honesty emerges in each of its voices - even those hiding behind their online bravado, such as the teenager who casually refers to a funeral as 'a depression session', or the sexual adventurer who accidentally admits to enjoying a cuddle."

It was really only a matter of time before performance art imitated life; and now blogs have become the newest wave of live entertainment with the already-famous Baghdad Burning also adapted for stage and presented at the festival. 
"Girl Blog" is a "moving and thought-provoking production. The hijackings, bombings and murders that flash across our news screens as statistics become painfully immediate." writes Emma John of The Guardian.

For more information about the festival click here.

As you might have heard by now, Iran's President has joined the blogosphere with his own blog, launched Sunday.
The blog is available in four languages, including English, and invites comments from readers.

Find this newest addition to the growing number of voices in the blogging community here.

We've decided its time to start showing some love to some of our most fabulous blogs, selected for their unusual content, beautiful images, extraordinary writing or any of the other things that make for a great blog.

Check out these incredible photoblogs:

For railroad and photography enthusiasts, out of rails - A gorgeous collection of railway photography from José Chambel Cardoso (Lisboa, Portugal) and José Manuel Antunes (Moscavide, Portugal).

From Christi Nielsen, a personally and socially introspective dieter turned self-portrait artist, I'm Just About To Get Skinny.

And the very eclectic Toronto-based Luminescent.

If you've got a great blog you'd like to see featured, and you're listed in Bloggapedia's directory, let us know about it here.

Thanks to Jeff Beckham for the heads up - the Dell computer company is looking to hire support for their blog manager and will be required to "monitor and moderate comments to the blog, identify topics that are generating discussion on the Dell blog and elsewhere online, coordinate editorial meetings for the blog team, identifying topics and then writing/editing materials for posting, and other tasks related to the blog"

Check out the full job descrip and qualifications here.

From Wired magazine, a few words of advice on increasing blog traffic and cracking the top 100 list on Technorati, penned by none other than the site's head honcho David L. Sifry.

It's a short list, with only five tips - but considering that Technorati keeps an eye on over 45 million blogs, we have to assume that Mr. Sifry knows what he's talking about.

You can find the article and tips here.