Blogger has released details on many new features, very well done I might add: LINK BLOGGER: many of you will find this information helpful in directing drupal's role in this ever expanding world of social software (community plumming)...of note: comments are enabled, a new 'profile' page for meta-web, robust permalink support, conditional tagging, e-mail blogging.......
A FUNDAMENTAL design FLAW of this, however, is the dashboard merely LINKING to the profile. Simply WRONG. Each personal PROFILE PAGE should be the command center where control is rendered...people ALWAYS want to see themselves FIRST..this creates a sense first of psychological and then social orientation (you know and trust yourself) that most social networking sites/social software designers have not learned or figured out yet.
"When you sign in to Blogger, you land on your Dashboard page; a kind of command center featuring all the blogs you have editorial access to, some blogs of note, a link to your Profile page, and recently updated blogs. When you click on a blog name, you'll get a page with your 25 latest posts arranged in a list. From that page you can choose to edit, view, delete or create a new post. You can also click the tabs to get to your Settings and Template options.