I’m sure that just about every blogger - well at least hose that trying hard to be heard above the noise and write good content - has a period where they wonder if all the effort is even worth it. Spirit and confidence can be a fragile thing. In the meantime though here’s a few things that caught my eye today in the FriendFeed pipeline.

Online Media Cultist honored by The Industry Standard :: Online Media Cultist - some well deserved recognition of Eric Berlin’s excellent blog. If you aren’t subscribe then you are missing out on some great content and conversations.

You Think Only The A-List Can Have Fun On FriendFeed? Make Yourself Part Of The Experience :: Jersey, Suburbia - a good post on the advantages of becoming involved in the conversation and how it can affect your influence.

Early Adopters Are Useless :: Technosailor - a must read on the fact that this whole ‘early adopter’ nonsense doesn’t really have any effect in the long run when it comes to the real world users of the Internet (I just wish finding their RSS feed was easier as I would have subscribed).

Billions of electronic-eating ‘crazy rasberry ants’ invade Texas :: Times Online - this story reminds me of a book I read in English Lit about ants on the march. Guess it’s time to get out and start buying ant traps for our computer cases.

Individual Twitter user statistics :: Twitter Facts - a nice collection of the different Twitter stats pages available to check and see how you are doing compared to the rest of the Twitter world.

High-Tech Japan Running Out of Engineers :: New York Times - while it isn’t a good thing to see happening anywhere it is reassuring to see that the US isn’t alone with this problem.