Just a quick reminder to our BzzAgents…This weekend is the end of the Bzz campaign and your last chance to get a BzzReport on Me.dium in. You’ve all given us some amazing input thus far and we’re hard at work making Me.dium into what you want it to be.And of course, you’ll still have that invite privilege so that your friends can join Me.dium’s Beta right away.Thanks again for the Bzz.

The weekend is almost upon on us, which means more time to goof off online instead of doing that growing list of “honey-do’s” that awaits me.It also means that we’ll have a new Me. of the Week starting soon and that it could be you! Just shoot an email to support@me.dium.com explaining why you think that you’d be a good Me. Our impartial jury (me) will review each submission and select a Me. with all of the rights and privileges that come along with it.Thanks again and I’ll see you in Me.dium this weekend.

We’ve got a real treat lined up for this weeks Me. of the Week.Ouma, aka Maye Musk, is a grandmother of 7 who struggles to remain technologically bright in her children’s eyes. She is a registered dietitian and model living in Downtown NYC, hoping this will help her maintain a cool image. Her website is open to suggestions and reviews.She enjoyed Me.dium during the State of the Union address; not realizing how hilarious a speech can be if you follow the trivial behavior of audience members. I’m looking forward to seeing what she has in store for us this week (hopefully something healthy for those of us chained to the life giving glow of a LCD).Just like all proud grandmothers, Maye’s recent photos include a grandchild. I’m always happy to oblige in the spreading of baby photos.And, as a Me. of the Week first, she’s including her dog GM in her posts who finds tummy rubs way more fun than blogging. No word on his Dogster profile yet.

I love it when privacy stories make headlines as they get people talking.Google announced today that they’re starting to purge identifying information from searches performed on their systems after 18 to 24 months (the timing varies depending on the country you’re in). They’re still planning on keeping the logs of the searches forever, but at least they’ll get around to removing who performed the search.I’m on the fence as to whether this is good news or not. I consider myself fairly neutral on most privacy issues. I’m not a privacy freak, but I watch the space closely. I’ve come to accept that my ISP knows everything about where I go and I got bored with being furious about the Patriot Act (I have a very short attention span).All kinds of fun reading at the EFF, Business Week and Xeni on NPR.Here at Me.dium, we keep your identity connected to your browsing history for a very short period of time - usually until the end of your session depending on how long you’ve been online and how the servers memory is holding up. We store your attention stream anonymously for later use in our Matching Engine. I highly recommend reading Me.dium’s Privacy Policy (yes, it is a non-pharmaceutical replacement for Lunesta) if you haven’t done so.

I’m very happy to introduce our Me. of the Week, HerculesRoot.HerculesRoot is a retired journalist and natural gas company exec who divides his time between downtown Denver and Cambridge, Mass. He is 56 years old, the grandfather of a one-year-old grandson, and an avid podcaster ever since he first heard the term in December, 2005, at a conference called Blogs n Dogs in Banff. He uploads a weekly audio podcast on Fridays at AudioPodChronicles.com and a weekly video podcast on Mondays at VideoPodChronicles.com . His blog is at LenEdgerly.com. Both are available for subscription at the iTunes Music Store.He serves on a couple of arts policy boards and has been trying to figure out how Web 2.0 capabilities can help arts organizations better serve artists and the public by creating new networks for creativity and community. He is learning his way around Me.dium and gives a shout out to Community Associate Brett for giving a private tour that unlocked some of the Me.dium mysteries.HerculesRoot is also a poet, having earned an MFA in poetry when he left the corporate world. His graduate talk was a comparison of Lord Byron with Eminem, both of whom gained huge popularity using powerful personas who shocked the tastemakers of their day.Remember, you can be our next Me. Of The Week by contacting support@me.dium.com.