Anyone who is at all interested in the future of the internet should take a good look at Scripting News. Dave Winer (who I’m going to add to my web heroes page as soon as I get around to it) is doing some amazing stuff emphasizing content on the web. His Manila web content management system is cool, and if it can evolve a few more steps to be usable by the general public, it could be truly revolutionary.
The web is the printing press of the 21st century. Traditional publishing, whether it be newspapers, magazines, hardcover books, or whatever, is not the vehicle for the average person. It never has been, but now we have an alternative. We need to hang on to weblogs for dear life. Expressing ourselves keeps us alive.