Just an all-around list of good content online.

Interesting tool, Tagatum, looks for common pairings of tags in blog posts. This would be a way of gauging media (blog) coverage, based on a given keyword. As an example, I entered 'Disney', and then looked for pairs. While 'film' is a highly popular tag compared to 'hannah montana' (according to Tagatum), the 'disney - hannah montana' pair ranks above the 'disney - film pair'.

There were a number of other 'title-based' tags that also came up very high in pairing with 'disney'.

We know its not just the data you find, but how you present it. This is a fascinating way to present data. You can zoom in, scroll around, find specific links in this Milky Way of site. Select only the Conservative and Liberal sites, then zoom out fairly far, and notice that most of the conversation (links) is between like-minded souls. Not surprising, but demonstrates that there's more stance-taking that solution-seeking.

I've always been a fan of Wired's explorations of how data is presented. Taking it interactive is clearly another level.

Incredible social analytics tool. It takes the sentence "I feel ..." and does all sorts of social metrics. The simple premise and extensive data filtering tools make this a great look at how analyzing social networks can work. The visualizer is a really great interface as well, and while good for art reasons not super useable in a pure data crunching way.

Look into Miller's beer blog. Two take aways 1.) the effect of a sponsored blog on traditional trade publications. 2.) Miller gives the author the leeway to write negative stories about miller. I think if you are planning a similar publication pay attention to taking the material seriously i.e. Major Nelson (xbox) vs. the Playstation Blog. Users will turn off if you either 1.) lie about who you are 2.) or don't make sincere compelling content.