Yesterday on Now Is Gone: Yellow crayon redux: Journalists vs. Bloggers continues the conversation with a refocused crux. The conversation centers on the increasingly gray differences between blogging and journalism.

aimClear’s Marty Weintraub brings us an absolutely great post on PR Power Blogging Zen, the 7 Classic Nodes. In essence, blogging is PR and this post discusses how a company or person can use a blog for each of the seven classic nodes of PR. The nodes are; media relations, investor relations, community relations, customer relations, internal relations, human interest, and crises management

Conversation Agent Valeria Maltoni had an outstanding post detailing how the blogosphere blew up about popcorn thanks to a New York Times article. The popcorn cos engaged bloggers in the comment sections, and successfully quelled the storm. A great example of 1) crisis PR and 2) intelligent PR.

Living in a Digital World’s Rik Haslam highlights seven steps to consider to make your web site(s) iPhone friendly. “In my opinion the most compelling feature is the integrated, (almost) fully fledged browser, it?s the first mobile device I?ve ever used that can make browsing the web practical and useful rather than frustrating and awkward (Samsung - I mean you).”

Chris Brogan is the latest blogger to question the general angst social media fans feel towards businesses in “The Myth of Evil Corporations in Social Media.” Unconferences: Should companies be allowed to play is the theme. “But aren?t stumbles better than letting corporations sit around and ?do it all wrong? over and over again?” A great post, and it’s good to see so many comments rallying around businesses.

Friendly Ghost is chatting up a list of 50 of the most influential bloggers. Unfortunately, it’s a completely subjective list, says our ghost writer. Speaking of lists, is this the week that Friendly puts out the September index of top PR blogs?

Strategic PR Pro Kevin Dugan offered a test for newbie blogger relations pros to determine if they are ready. Newbie or not, this is a great way to see if you’ve dotted your is and crossed your ts.