from apple treesto orchards

our apple tree...

our apple tree...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/poppywright/406081608/

our apple tree...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jono_rotten/373069481/

our apple tree...

our apple tree...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/freeparking/2089450249/

web diary

a neighbourhoodwith several trees

what, no apples?!

pollination...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/refmo/2439542125/

pollination...

more apples on our tree

blog as information conduit

http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/

an orchard

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kubina/2058047853/

many trees...

and many bees...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/refmo/2439542125/

and many many more apples

with many apples

with many apples

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobyrock/541865315/

with many apples

http://www.flickr.com/photos/elkit/12088278/

with many apples

http://discovermagazine.com/2007/may/map-welcome-to-the-blogosphere

the blogosphere

3: web diaries on LiveJournal

6: information conduits

1, 2 &4: political and gadget blogs

engaging in conversations

spreading content around

your blog is a tree.

your content is pollen.

cross pollenate, grow new trees, build forests