Starwood Ventures Into the Blogosphere: B.L. Ochman is unimpressed with The Lobby, a new corporate blog from the Starwood Hotel chain: “The Lobby is mostly full of thinly veiled ads for Starwood Hotels. And comments are not enabled. Blogs are conversations. Conversations are two way, The Lobby, at least so far, is a dud.”

Her point about comments is well taken, but I found a couple of items pretty useful, particularly this tip on iPod accessories for those traveling outside the U.S. So I’m not going to write it off just yet.