Before we get to this week’s links, we’ve found the New York Times’ City Room blog to be a wealth of information and reflections on 9/11 if you need some time this morning to remember.

After taking a moment to pay tribute, we have some recommended reading for you this week…

• Sam Lawrence argues that 9/11 accelerated our desire for deeper, quicker connection with people and services and, by extension, accelerated the development of social software and networks.
• Former IBM executive Irving Wladawsky-Berger reflected recently on why (and how) he blogs.
• Customer experience doesn’t require anything fancy, just quality work and listening ear.
• Is there any such thing as a small oops in the Internet age? Apparently not.
• Google has begun the process of digitizing newspaper archives by scanning microfilm currently housed at libraries and depositories nationwide.
• This New York Times article, “The Brave New World of Digital Intimacy,” captures how online social networks do more than empower gossip, the constant updates they provide on friends somehow fill a need for closeness with friends and community.
• Can this browser add-on really help you spot spin? Perhaps.
• The Economists reports that more and more people are online.