March 2008 Archives

Previously, we mentioned a very interesting political blog written by German public-access channel ZDF. Now they have done it again: Real Time Players, a videoblog featuring young people in Germany and Israel sharing their world view and snippets from their day-to-day existence. Because the videos are typically taped by friends on the interviewee's home turf, the fascinating insights (as seen in "What do you think of when you hear the word Germany?" and "What is typically German?" episodes) are sometimes shocking but always refreshingly frank.Real Time Players is a...

The Observer, Sunday publication of sister newspaper The Guardian, announced its picks for The World's 50 Most Powerful Blogs -- and guess what?Six of the Top 10 (that's 60%!) blogs in the world are powered by Movable Type.We have always known that our bloggers are our greatest asset but it's gratifying when the rest of the world notices it too. Among the best of the best were The Huffington Post (#1), Boing Boing (#2), Kottke (#4), Talking Points Memo (#7), Beppe Grillo (#9) and Gawker (#10). In addition, numbers 11...

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Belgium's Bwards has announced its winners and we are happy to report that Tales From The Crib, a lifeblog that has been on Movable Type since 2004, took home second prize for Best Blog. Organized by bloggers (with help from CHIPS vzw, a nonprofit in the culture sector) and characterized by a totally open voting system, the Bwards captures the spirit of blogging by bringing the Belgian blogging community together. Our own Maarten Schenk was there to record his impressions of the event....