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Hello!

It's nearly 2010 and the festive season is in full swing. This must mean that the time has come to review and look forward. Do you have online resolutions for the coming year?

The podcast this week might give you some food for thought when it comes to planning ahead.
is an author and futurologist. So who better to sit down and have a talk about our possible futures with for this week's edition?

As always, if your resolution is to fish out cool things online, why not share them with us. You can reach me via our Twitter account, or drop me a line - podsandblogs at bbc dot co dot uk

All the best for the new year! - Jamillah

Season's greetings!

This time of the year can be more than a little hectic, so the podcast will hopefully provide a few minutes of sanity where you can tune out and wind down.

This week's edition is a little different, as a change of pace I sat around the table with two good friends and online addicts.

Richard Sambrook, currently the Director of the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Global News division, responsible for leading the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s international news services across radio, television and new media.

Chris Vallance as you know is one of the original creators of Pods and Blogs and now reports for Radio 4.

As usual we had been discussing this and that about online activity and looking back over the year. There was a lot to talk about from protests, politics and online organised activity to pay walls, mashups and apps.

I'd like to say there was an open fire and some mince pies as we talked though parts of 2009 and thought about possibilities for the coming year. But frankly they would have been wasted as there was hardly a point to take a break with so much to discuss!

I'll be back with some future gazing next week - but for now, have a nice sit down and a cup of tea with the podcast. I hope that it brings back a few points of the year that were also interesting to you.

If you see something wonderful in the world of blogs, podcasts and more, let me know by dropping an email to podsandblogs at bbc dot co dot uk

Best festive wishes! - Jamillah

Hi there!

This week the podcast is ready to take you on a journey through time. How exciting!

I took Rhod on a trip through time via some hot history blogs. Sadly I didn't get a nice set of 1980s wheels to do this in, but I learned a lot about the enormous scope and quality of these sites.

If you missed a URL along the way, you're in the right place - here's a run down of the people we spoke to. It's quite the inspiration for those who might think about a little history blogging of their own.

First up, Trish Lewis tells us about her history of the area she grew up in, . Trish has collated historical fact and primary information from interviews and photographs of local families who were pioneers when the town was established. Amazing hyper local historical research.

From the early settlers of the United States to Rome! Mike Duncan reads exciting updates from the in his podcast. More than 80 casts along, he has built a following that includes a growing group of fans on Facebook.

From ancient Rome to 20th century London. The capital city that swings with style, glamour and celebrity. Rob Baker creates , a wonderful blog of curious tales of the city. Definitely a case for being an alternative guidebook for those who would rather leave the regular tourist routes.

The creme de la creme of history blogging? Well some fine examples can certainly be found via the Cliopatria awards on the history news network. Dr Ralph Luker is the founder of , the history group blog and award system where there are many examples of extraordinary, though provoking and imaginative historical blogs from around the world.

Sadly that's all I could cram into the segment this week. However, we are on track to be here across the festive season. So if you are looking for a half hour out of the hectic seasonal activities, you know where to find us!

If you see something wonderful in the world of blogs, podcasts and more, let me know by dropping an email to podsandblogs at bbc dot co dot uk

Until next week! - Jamillah

Good day to you all,

The podcast as ever, is ready and waiting for you to download or stream as you wish. If you missed a link or would like to let us know what you think, then you are in the right place.

This week I have assembled a crack team of people to help me bring web related news together. It's tricky trying to be in too many places at once! So thanks this week to LJ Rich of and of course Chris Vallance, one of our Pods and Blogs original founders.

The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s formidable minds let me in this week. I went to the R&D centre in Kingswood in Surrey to chat with Richard Salmon and Jerry Kramskoy. They told me about how their past is influencing our future.



"Privacy is not something you notice until it is gone," so says author and respected cryptographer . Our actions online today will create the online landscape for future generations. Chris Vallance and I chatted with Bruce about great responsibility and awareness.


So, that's what we did - what did you get up to online this week?

Send me an email and let me know about your latest online podcast, blog and site discoveries - podsandblogs at bbc dot co dot uk, or come and say hi to me on Twitter where you can find me as PodsandBlogs.

- More next week! Jamillah

Hello!
Safely out of the wind and the rain of London, I've been indoors keeping up with points of interest online. These tasty morsels have been served up on the podcast which is ready for you to download or stream. If you missed anything in there - here are the links and details you might be looking for.

The first course is with Lisa Katayama of the excellent blog who is also one of the Boing Boing bloggers. Lisa has been following the strange sounding tale of the man who married his avatar. Naturally all is not what it seems to be.

Second course this week is with the lovely Martin Owens. He's a programmer and an advocate and educator for the open source community. He's also working to create the English translation of the manga. A comic book about an open source sys admin after school club in Japan - who can fault that?

Last but not least, Laura Mayes took time out to tell me all about . It's a web aggregator for women, by women but don't be fooled into thinking it falls into female stereotypes. Clean design and interesting articles, it's definitely worth taking the advice of these ladies.

More next week as usual of course. In the mean time, if you want to drop me a line about what has been lighting your fire online, then please be my online guest! You can email me at podsandblogs at bbc dot co dot uk, or if short-form is your thing, come and say hello on Twitter where we're there as PodsandBlogs.

Until next week!
Jamillah