Take a letter, Doc
Jason Kottke nails it:
Real-time blogging is next-to-useless stenography, but there's some good value in near real-time reflections on current happenings
It occurs to me that the natural conclusion of all this real-time blogging stuff is a conference room full of people, not talking, all logged in to the same chat room. Then at the end of the session they all get on their Segways and head for the bathroom.