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This morning New York Times is running an interesting post titled “In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop“. The moment I read it, I was pretty sure that it is going to be the food for thought for the whole of the blogosphere weekend. Bloggers from everywhere are sure to post their opinions on the issues raised by Matt Richtel on New York Times.

Matt believes that bloggers everywhere are on the edge of nervous breakdown, or a heart attack (points at Om Malik) or probably even death (referring to Russell Shaw). The claims made by Matt are sensational alright, but it does raise some important questions that we bloggers need to answer.

I can’t really speak for bloggers in niches other than Technology simply because I myself am an Tech Blogger. The Tech blogosphere at the moment is extremely competitive and just about everyone including me are hunting for the next big scoop. Things are rapidly changing in our world and even while we sleep there is a lot happening.

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With Wordpress 2.5 to be scheduled to be released today (I’m not sure if it will make it today or not) the whole blogosphere is going to go crazy with reviews of the latest version of Wordpress. Many users would invariably encounter problems while upgrading, so here’s a check list by Lorelle Van Fossen to make sure that the upgrading to Wordpress 2.5 goes off smoothly.

Let me cut out all the stuff and just list out the points here for a quick scan. You can read the full list over here.

• Check Plugin and Theme Compatibilities
• Update Themes and Plugins
• Do a PreFlight Test
• Disable and/or Remove Old Plugins
• Backup your Database
• Relax and Read (The finer print is what matters)

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