Since Lotusphere there has been much discussion in the blogosphere regarding how to allow new Domino bloggers (or even non-bloggers) to find a voice within the community. It seems that everyone is struggling with how to keep up with reading existing known blogs, let alone finding an acknowledging new bloggers.

As a way to at least help people find new blogs is now here. We have now launched the first implementation of www.dominoblogs.com. This is a first-run, quick and dirty design ripped from the openntf domBulletin database. Over the next few weeks we will look at improving both the interface, and providing more functionality to make this really useful - RSS feeds to the directory listings, auto-generating OPML files (based on content, region, etc), and other ways to view the list (category, name). Other suggestions of how to make this site really useful are welcome from all.

Initally we have set this up to be a self-managed directory for people to list their own blog and help make it easier to find new Domino-based bloggers. This way people can choose to make themselves known without having to email a whole bunch of people to get added to blogrolls.

To start though, we need to get the list of names in there started so we have something to begin with. So, everyone should take a couple of minutes to head over and list themselves. Also, pass on the word through the blogosphere as this will really only work if everyone participates.