Back in 2005, at the very first BlogHer conference I was asked to introduce BlogHer's Press and Discussion Policy for bloggers who would undoubtably be taking pictures and live-blogging throughout the event. I was also going to moderate our very first Naked Blogging Panel, with Ronni Bennett, Koan Bremner (who has taken her blog, Multidimensional Me, down since then), and Heather Armstrong.

The web and social media have turned many of us who never dreamed we'd be speaking in public into public speakers. It's turned us into online job seekers and buyers. It's taught us how to take a computer to a public coffee house or bookstore to do our day's work in a crowded place. This week's look at the blog world offers up some ideas on those topics.