Comments on: Two points about the alleged “death of blogging” http://ash10.com/2008/10/two-points-about-the-alleged-death-of-blogging/ Pete Ashton shows you how the Internet works and helps you use it better. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:31:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Susi O'Neill http://ash10.com/2008/10/two-points-about-the-alleged-death-of-blogging/#comment-149 Susi O'Neill Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:55:07 +0000 http://ash10.com/?p=49#comment-149 What you gotta learn is that the 'old media' love fads - building em up, the breakin' em down. Blogging was their favourite fad actually in 2007 - but now it's "so 2004". There was a very amusing discussion on Radio 4's Today programme this morning, where John Humphreys totally ripped the p**s out of a couple of lame-ass journo bloggers (one of whom claimed "I like to tell the world about my sick cat"), commenting on this story. He sounded incredulous at the idea of Twittering and 'tweets' and blamed it on the deficit of human attention spans in a derogratory way that only he could get away with. Not sure home tongue-in-cheek it all was but worth checking out if you can. As you say, it's not about the what but about the who and the why - there are as many reasons to write (whether you call it blogging or whatever) as there are writers. What you gotta learn is that the ‘old media’ love fads – building em up, the breakin’ em down. Blogging was their favourite fad actually in 2007 – but now it’s “so 2004″.

There was a very amusing discussion on Radio 4′s Today programme this morning, where John Humphreys totally ripped the p**s out of a couple of lame-ass journo bloggers (one of whom claimed “I like to tell the world about my sick cat”), commenting on this story. He sounded incredulous at the idea of Twittering and ‘tweets’ and blamed it on the deficit of human attention spans in a derogratory way that only he could get away with. Not sure home tongue-in-cheek it all was but worth checking out if you can.

As you say, it’s not about the what but about the who and the why – there are as many reasons to write (whether you call it blogging or whatever) as there are writers.

]]> By: brenda http://ash10.com/2008/10/two-points-about-the-alleged-death-of-blogging/#comment-148 brenda Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:14:29 +0000 http://ash10.com/?p=49#comment-148 Yes. Love that deep space illustration. The ones that all talk about monetization are several gazillion light years away from my little cosy sphere of influence. Yes. Love that deep space illustration.

The ones that all talk about monetization are several gazillion light years away from my little cosy sphere of influence.

]]> By: Jo Ind http://ash10.com/2008/10/two-points-about-the-alleged-death-of-blogging/#comment-147 Jo Ind Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:51:50 +0000 http://ash10.com/?p=49#comment-147 I don't know whether this is obvious or not, but I do know you said it SO well. Great use of illustration. I don’t know whether this is obvious or not, but I do know you said it SO well. Great use of illustration.

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