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Does blogging improve job performance?

So many sources. So little time. 

The July 25 Network World crossed my path this week  The page 41 article "Start Planning for the nanorevolution" alerted me that "Nanothechnology is entering the telecom and IT field, so start learning about it now."

It was the page 70 story "Why you blog" including profiles of 2 bloggers that I read twice.  The common thread it seemed is how blogging enhances work life. For James McGovern "it's the perfect place...to take a cirtual step out of his office and get a reality check."  For Stuart Berman "a big believer in horizontal thinking, where ideas don't have to about network engineering to help him improve his work.

Now I'm curious if there are any research studies more formally validating positive benefits of blogging on job performance.

Vagaries of Typepad Formats

I'm trying to understand why the typeface and type shade vary so widely from post to post. There is obviously some Typepad secret that eludes me. ETHER Advisor Marcia Morante enlightened me that copying posts pre-written in Word could be contributing. This is a test of composing a new post in Typepad.

Blog Self Posting Standards?

Having worked with publishers, traditional and online, I’m attuned to editorial processes that set high standards for what is finally printed or posted online.   With this background I’m preoccupied with trying to set standards for myself about when a blog entry is fit to post?

At this point I figure my draft to post ratio is about 10:1. That is, for every 10 blog entries conceived, just one appears.  I’m curious how other bloggers manage the blog publishing process and set standards for themselves.