false 2164332 1 With over 100 million blogs out there, how do a small number of bloggers set themselves apart from the pack? <p> That's the question that drove Michael A. Banks to go out an sit down with thirty of the best-known blogger and try to find out what makes their blogs influential, ground-breaking, and singularly successful. These thirty bloggers have been featured in <i>Wired</i> magazine, the <i>Wall Street Journal, Popular Science</i>, and on CNN, NPR, and MSBNC. For some it's an addictive hobby, for others it's how they make a living. But for all of them, it's their passion. <p> "For me, the future of journalism is blogging."-- Mary Jo Foley, All About Microsoft <p> "I do my best thinking via my blogs."-- Chris Anderson, The Long Tail <p> "One of the true beauties and powers of blogs is that they can give voice to people who are not heard."-- Frank Warren, PostSecret <p> "When I look out at the blogosphere, I don't see lots of inconsequential blogs. I see lots of possibility."-- Gina Trapani, Lifehacker.com <p> Bloggers interviewed in <i>Blogging Heroes</i> include: <ul> <li>Steve Garfield <li>Grant Robertson <li>Victor Agreda <li>mark Frauenfelder <li>Eric T. <li>Robert Scoble <li>Richard MacManus <li>Gary Lee <li>Deidre Woollard <li>Rebecca Lieb <li>Steve Rubel <li>Scott McNulty <li>Gina Trapani <li>Mary Jo Foley <li>Brad Hill <li>Philipp Lenssen <li>Chris Grant <li>Kristin Darguzas <li>Brian Lam <li>Joel Comm <li>Peter Rojas <li>Mike Masnick <li>Deborah Petersen <li>Ken Fisher <li>John Neff <li>Frank Warren <li>Dave Rothman <li>Dave Taylor <li>Ina Steiner <li>Chris Anderson </ul> 2169859 10 12 2007 Blogging Heroes: Interviews with 30 of the World's Top Bloggers total:21|5:4|4:9|3:5|2:3|1:0| 21 77 44 6 4 0 false false Thu Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 13:13:43 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 13:23:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 12:52:36 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 13:00:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 26 14:56:02 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 26 15:04:28 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Dec 04 07:47:55 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 25 12:58:42 -0700 2009 http://rhetoricalcommons.org/bubblingcau...]]> 4 0 true false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 02 23:40:08 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 23:40:42 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 18 08:24:28 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 18:48:58 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Nov 23 11:56:45 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 11:56:45 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 10 20:21:45 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 20:21:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 03 13:05:50 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 13:05:50 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Sep 09 16:59:08 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 16:59:08 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Sep 11 18:25:27 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 13:33:38 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 18:25:27 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 18:45:56 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 18:46:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 07 10:05:57 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 10:06:02 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 02 15:02:50 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 15:02:50 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jun 26 07:56:07 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 07:56:15 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:54:04 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 00:54:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 13 18:52:34 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 18:52:38 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 07 13:49:19 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 13:49:19 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 06 08:05:18 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 08:05:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 25 10:49:11 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 10:49:11 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2164332