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Re: Is lasting value diluted by blogs?

eisokant — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:12:37 -0000

p.s. A teenager who reads is also an oxymoron ;-); I seem to like them.

Re: Is lasting value diluted by blogs?

eisokant — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:11:14 -0000

I think it's a mind-set we consciously need to step away from and start making decisions about what content is actually valuable to us. I recently ordered 8 new books; instead I could spend my time staying up-to-date on the Google-Digg deal. These days I am satisfied reading a summary at the end of the day.

Re: Is lasting value diluted by blogs?

Dave Newton — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:29:37 -0000

I think you're onto something here. I think Scoble is right about techie blogging. And, parenthetically, techie blogging and newsflow is really a special interest ghetto -- a disproportionally large niche, since young, tech-oriented people dominate the fastest-moving traffic on the Internet. There are too many blogs to even start to get around to, and as a result, like in all pop-tech, a few blogs dominate the influence. I'm afraid that with the butterfly-attention-spanned young-tech audience, tiny blog-bursts will continue to dominate this in-the-moment medium. Nobody in this group has time for essays, even mini ones. ("mini-essay" is an oxymoron, anyway.)

Re: Is lasting value diluted by blogs?

eisokant — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:39:10 -0000

Thank you Gareth.

When you say "how many people are going to go back in a years time to re-read something that was only relevant for a brief period of time?" you touch exactly upon my point. There's content we write that is for the moment but there are also times where we write for a lifetime. Content that is still applicable in a year from now. I am trying to find a way to separate these two and make it easier for readers to find it.

Re: Is lasting value diluted by blogs?

Gadget Nerd — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:24:29 -0000

Interesting post Eiso.

I think that you have to write differently for websites / blogs / forums than you do for essays / books / magazines.

Often, writing for the moment is the best way to do it, as it's what the people want to read.
sure the posts will still be there, but how many people are going to go back in a years time to re-read something that was only relevant for a brief period of time?

I do agree with you that comments make blogs become more "alive" so to speak.
It's always interesting, or at least it is to me, to know what people think about something I've posted, whether it be good or bad criticism.

Still, good writing, as you say is timeless. There's absolutely no need for us to be sloppy about what we write. I often write things down on paper before even touching the keyboard.

Some good point to take on board