So IWR joins the blogging revolution, is it simply jumping onto the bandwagon?  For those of you that still wonder about the viability of blogging, and I counted myself amongst you until very recently, I suggest you read a book.  The Naked Conversations by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel, published by John Wiley & Sons, will not fail to highlight the positive aspects of blogging. And isn't it nice that in this age of blogging, a book is still the main way of getting the message across!

The Naked Conversation is without doubt a pro-blogging read, but its honestly written and doesn't shy away from the negative aspects of being a blogger. For information professionals, researchers and those of us who earn a crust in the information trade this book does highlight how blogging, like the internet, TV, radio and cinema before is another viable way of distributing information and therefore we should all consider it.

Don't believe me, buy the book, turn to page 72 and read about Andrew Carton, creator and editor of Treonauts, a site devoted to the Treo handheld device.  Carton has created an information resource for a niche market, using the latest and one of the most affordable systems and is now generating revenues as high as $20,000, money none of us can turn our noses up to.