Comments on: The Headline Says "Blogging is Dead." So Why Are You Reading This?

By: Myspace Graphics and Backgrounds, Myspace Stuff

Myspace Graphics and Backgrounds, Myspace Stuff — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:01:45 +0000

Myspace Graphics and Backgrounds, Myspace Stuff…

Sorry, it just sounds like a crazy idea for me …

By: David Airey :: Graphic Designer » Do you start, or end, with a headline?

David Airey :: Graphic Designer » Do you start, or end, with a headline? — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:55:20 +0000

[...] also be interesting to read the thoughts of great writers such as Mike at Writing White Papers, Tom at The Copywriter Underground, Kirsten at Inkthinker, Matt at The Copywriter’s Crucible, and Dawud at [...]

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:56:51 +0000

“There is still much misunderstanding of blogs.”

Especially as blogs diverge in form and function.

As for Keen, he seems like little more than a troll to me.

By: Abram

Abram — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:29:34 +0000

I both dislike and like what I’m reading here–dislike it because of what twittering, as also texting (read about the texted novel?), tells us about popular culture,and like it because it means that blogs of substance will rise to the surface, and perhaps even become respectable.

There is still much misunderstanding of blogs. Many people still dismiss blogging as mere amateur journaling, while others think they, along with other participatory media are threatening “our values, economy, and ultimately the very innovation and creativity that forms the fabric of American achievement” (Andrew Keen, The Cult of the Amateur).

I agree with Tom Chandler that the next few years will be rather interesting.

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:06:26 +0000

I think blogs are evolving, but to assume they're all moving in the same direction (which the article tends to assume) is pretty hare-brained.

I just installed a new theme on my fly fishing blog that offers a few "e-magazine" features. Some blogs are headed that way, others are headed towards minimalism.

The next five years will be interesting.

By: David

David — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:39:57 +0000

Tom…I know the post is 5 days old, but I just found it. I don’t think blogging is dead and I love this post. Like anything, you must sometimes change with the times to a point. But I don’t mean jump on everything that comes by. I simply thing to keep blogging from dying tweaks may need to continue to be made to keep up with the changing times.

I did own a typewriter at one point, but I don’t think that I’ll go back to that. I need spell check too much

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:47:26 +0000

Laura: The Internet is a fad, as are personal computers. That’s why I kept my typewriter. One day, all you younger writers are going to feel mighty silly..

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:15:43 +0000

Your post reminded me of a corporate presentation that I attended circa 1994. The topic of the presentation: Is the Internet a Fad?

Yes, really and truly, the fellow giving the talk was absolutely convinced that the Internet was a fad that wouldn’t last more than a few more months (at that time). Of course, he had compelling-sounding reasons which I can’t even remember now.

Well, over a dozen years have passed since that presentation and the Internet is still with us. (I never did find out what became of the presenter.) I do have to say, the Internet of today has evolved and includes things that most of us never imagined in 1994.

I’d say that blogging is no more dead than the Internet. One thing is certain, however, blogging will evolve and change with the addition of new tools and platforms (just the way that the Internet has evolved and changed).

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:20:57 +0000

Eat itself? I haven’t seen that.

But then, I consider blogs a platform, not a lifestyle. And I never bought into the idea that teenage blogs were going to change the world.

With that perspective, I do expect to see a lot of changes in the platform — which is just an accessible electronic publishing tool after all — as individuals and businesses adapt it for their own uses.

Blogging your everyday life? Sounds boring, but then again, I’d read it if McGuane or Keillor was doing it.

The “blogosphere” — as a term — covers a lot of ground.

Perhaps it will finally deliver the “democratization of information” that was promised by “desktop publishing.” Perhaps it won’t.

Check back in a few years and we’ll see. You know, once you’ve gotten a cell phone…

By: superk

superk — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:45:41 +0000

Whoever said the blogosphere will eat itself was right. And the fact that content on blogs has been washed down is also true, since its “invention” in the late 90s.

Now if the next generation is ready to twitter, fine. But twittering seems even more absurd and quaint than blogging about your everyday life.

I guess if you build it, they will come…

I’m happy I don’t own a cell phone