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Re: Blogging is Dead; Long Live Blogging

Mark Krynsky — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:23:52 -0000

I think any concerns about Blogging going the way of the dodo bird and people diminishing their normal writing habits in favor of simply Lifestreaming is much ado about nothing.

I have lots of friends in the web field and only a small percentage of them consciously Lifestream (which in my mind is providing an aggregate stream of their online attention data in a single place).

Of the ones that do create Lifestreams, all of them are doing so to _supplement_ their blogs or existing sites.

In any case I do like where your post goes with regards to the _next_ step in the evolution of Lifestreaming. Now that we are getting close to open platforms that provide the tools to aggregate all this data, lets see what innovative algorithms and functionality we can provide with based on all this data. That's what I'm looking forward to.

If you want to learn more about Lifestreaming and the services available I also run Lifestreamblog.com

Re: Blogging is Dead; Long Live Blogging

Kamilah — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:07:39 -0000

I agree with a lot of what everyone said, and especially this last bit about version numbers. That was funny.
(I'm a member on here but I can't log in because I'm at work.)

Re: Blogging is Dead; Long Live Blogging

Zach Beauvais — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:30:12 -0000

Brilliant. However, I can't help but think a lot of the best writing to come out of blogging is actually induced by the 'un-fun bit'. The research, the re-tracing, and the mind-mapping are all brain-tools, and I wonder if the overall quality of this type of blogging will suffer.

No doubt the content will increase radically, and no doubt we will be able to find very and ever-more specific information on what we're interested or concerned with, but will it be worth reading?

I've tried Twitter, and other micro-blogging techniques, but have elected to self-host a full blog because it offers me the space and options micro-blogs lack.

Also, Web 4.0? That was fast. I think we might need a consultation on brilliant web names of the future, because the version number thing?

Re: Blogging is Dead; Long Live Blogging

Exec-summary.net — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:22:00 -0000

Mark, loved this post. I made some additional comments at http://exec-summary.net/ind...

Blogging will never be dead. There will be those that keep diaries for friends and family, those that love to write about what they know, and those that write for profit.

Keep up the great writing!

Re: Blogging is Dead; Long Live Blogging

BillyWarhol — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:21:38 -0000

Yeah Scoble is a Twitter Machine no doubt! Honestly I don't know how the guy does it! I am excited to see some o the New Web3D.0 stuff comin' down the Pipes - What is all this Mind Mapping stuff that seems to be springing up all over the place??

;))

Re: Blogging is Dead; Long Live Blogging

Angelos — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:31:18 -0000

Long live Web 4.0!

I also hesitate to believe information will be exclusively condensed to the Twitter format. Another reason you failed to provide - there are too many egomaniacal individuals (present company included) analysts with opinions not suitable for 160 characters >. Less is arguably more in certain situations, but there is also a reason we no longer speak like cavemen.

Re: Blogging is Dead; Long Live Blogging

Andy Hirsch — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:53:42 -0000

We will be happy to show you a better way! amhirsch2006@yahoo.com

Re: Blogging is Dead; Long Live Blogging

Steve Spalding — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:50:02 -0000

Hey Mike,

Great article. You quoted my "Web 3.0" piece, but the cited it as belonging to Steve Rubel. Thanks so much for the link, but it would be great if you altered the citation.

Have a fantastic evening.