“Even though much of my brainpower is currently yoked to parts of our project that are not yet fit to blog, I know there are things that we should be talking about. Perhaps the most important is this one: As journalism becomes a high-tech profession, one essential skill will be learning how to be an effective partner with programmers — even if you’re not a programmer yourself. (Yet).”
—Placeblogger founder Lisa Williams, writing about the next generation of her local directory service and what it delivers in terms of making it easier for people to find hyperlocal news and information about their city or neighborhood through promotion of “universal geotagging” in blogs.

(Note: I am an advisor to PBL.)