David has some ideas: http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2005/08/15/four-reasons-why-the-blogsphere-might-make-a-better-professional-collaborative-environment-than-discussion-forums/#comment-170
Alan chimes in: http://jade.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/cdb/2005/08/16/distributed-conversations/
Will’s has some more to say: http://www.weblogg-ed.com/2005/08/17#a3894
(I found David’s original post I’m not quite sure how, as I only just sibscribed to his feed. From there I think I went to Wills’ site, where I saw the link to Alan’s.)

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