I've been swamped with last-week-on-the-job details, along with getting over the flu (first time in years without a flu vaccination, and wham) and writing my final column for the Mercury News (it appears on Sunday). In the past week there's been lots of great coverage of the blogging world, and some kind words for my work along the way. Among the noteworthy material: My colleague (until tomorrow) Mike Bazeley discusses how blogs and other online forums have become a "global commons" in the wake of the tsunamis. See also this BBC story. ABC News's World News Tonight understood the importance of bloggers, and called them "People of the Year" (Xeni Jardin of BoingBoing is featured). (more...)