Technorati have an interesting wiki for developers. It contains information on some of the APIs useful for blogging and information about Technorati's own API--- with a number of implementations.

Last week Trevor Butterworth in The Financial Times Magazine questioned the future of blogging. He created a blog, where many started to comment on what blogging means to them.

Is the established media more credible than information on blogs? Certainly in the UK there are papers which spin a story. There also appear to be bounds of acceptability. For example the government can apply pressure on the BBC. I'm not saying this does occur but it can--- I'm still not sure what the argument with the government over the war in Iraq for instance was all about. To some it appeared to be the government setting the agenda because it could. Sometimes I think the media feel that they are more credible than anyone else. Where does this leave the libel laws?