I’m taking a lot of heat for trying to hold bloggers to five rules.
I was wrong.
Stowe Boyd, who writes a bunch of words on a thing that DOES comply with my five rules, has the best rebuttal so far. Basically says “let it all hang out.”
Anyway, I’m all about inclusion. Being nice. Not being judgmental. Yesterday was when the egotistical elitist bbbaaahhhsssttttaaarrrrddd in me came out.
Onward.
[...] by: newtelligence dasBlog 1.8.5223.1 Sign In Monday, 21 August 2006 Shel on Blogs and Naked Conversations Shel Israel the author of Naked Conversations jumps in today after last night’s drama to addsome good clarifying points on what the book actually said when it tried to define blogs. Scoble gets into more blogging tussles than I do. He’s also a lot more gracious about it than I am in most cases. The current one is about the definition of a blog began here and seemingly will end here. While it may be resolved in the blog battles, I think I should clear up what Naked Conversations did or did not say regarding the definition of a blog. Read on. Since last night Robert has posted a bit of a mea culpa about the whole ordeal. Nice to see the quick turn around. Someone on Channel 9 characterized this as a “spat” between Robert and I which I thought was humorous. The funny thing is that when Robert worked for me we had these disagreements all the time. I think that’s a good thing and what a sad world it would be if we all agreed, all the time. Now that Robert has left Microsoft some of our discussions will happen out in the open. technorati tags: Blogging, Scoble 08/21/2006 21:33:17 (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00) Comments [0] [...]
Wikipedia definition for blog: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
I scanned Robert’s posts on this matter and I think he was right to criticize Microsoft for misrepresenting their Live Spaces metrics. It’s dishonest and the purpose (attract advertisers) is pretty apparent. They’ll have a hard time (in the long-term) building a good product if they can’t get the early adopters and innovators to sign-on. Trying to define blogs (and basing the definition, in part, on an ancient ThinkWeek article) was where he made his mistake. Blogs, or more importantly blog authors, are evolving and that’s what we should be talking about.
Blogging is evolving. If you’re not an A List blogger the masses aren’t going to tune into your blog with any real frequency. It’s hard to attract a sizeable audience so regular folks are focusing their conversations on the people they want to talk to and for the masses that’s friends and family. More and more private blogs are going private. There are lots of business blogs out there and bloggers blogging for cash or career but private bloggers aren’t trying to cast their nets wide anymore – they’re dropping individual lines. Products like VOX are going to be very popular because they’re giving the new blogger the tools they need to focus the conversation. Go VOX go.
By the way, we should all thank the blog spammers for hurting traditional blog features like: commenting systems, trackback systems, and permalink systems.
Cale Bruckner http://www.palmit.com (my blog)
Related: http://www.palmit.com/archives/vox.html
Wikipedia definition for blog: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
I scanned Robert’s posts on this matter and I think he was right to criticize Microsoft for misrepresenting their Live Spaces metrics. It’s dishonest and the purpose (attract advertisers) is pretty apparent. They’ll have a hard time (in the long-term) building a good product if they can’t get the early adopters and innovators to sign-on. Trying to define blogs (and basing the definition, in part, on an ancient ThinkWeek article) was where he made his mistake. Blogs, or more importantly blog authors, are evolving and that’s what we should be talking about.
Blogging is evolving. If you’re not an A List blogger the masses aren’t going to tune into your blog with any real frequency. It’s hard to attract a sizeable audience so regular folks are focusing their conversations on the people they want to talk to and for the masses that’s friends and family. More and more private blogs are going private. There are lots of business blogs out there and bloggers blogging for cash or career but private bloggers aren’t trying to cast their nets wide anymore – they’re dropping individual lines. Products like VOX are going to be very popular because they’re giving the new blogger the tools they need to focus the conversation. Go VOX go.
By the way, we should all thank the blog spammers for hurting traditional blog features like: commenting systems, trackback systems, and permalink systems.
Cale Bruckner http://www.palmit.com (my blog)
Related: http://www.palmit.com/archives/vox.html
I’m just glad I wasn’t linked as an example of “not a blog…
I’m just glad I wasn’t linked as an example of “not a blog…
[...] The term “blogging” alone is enough to cause a ruckus in some circles. Some people think it’s a personal thing, others think it’s the opposite. Some are motivated by ego. Wait, no, all are motivated by ego. And as I’ve previously reported, virtually all humans (and even some pets) are doing it (and I’m not the only one who doesn’t like the numbers). For most of us, it’s some form of hobby. Or an outlet. Or a career move. And some have hit the big time. But all want to. [...]
[...] Richard MacManus posts an interview (today, 8/23) with George Moore, GM for Windows Live Developer Platform, who recently called Windows Live Spaces the largest blogging service on the planet, getting Robert Scoble all in a tizzy. Robert later came to his senses. Moore talks about gadgets, getting Windows Live products out of beta, Spaces, and some very impressive (well maybe not to Scoble) Windows Live numbers. From Tech-Ed in Auckland, New Zealand. News source: Read/Write Web Interviews George Moore [...]
[...] Read/Write Web interviews George Moore Richard MacManus posts an interview (today, 8/23) with George Moore, GM for Windows Live Developer Platform, who recently called Windows Live Spaces the largest blogging service on the planet, getting Robert Scoble all in a tizzy. Robert later came to his senses. Moore talks about gadgets, getting Windows Live products out of beta, Spaces, and some very impressive (well maybe not to Scoble) Windows Live numbers. From Tech-Ed in Auckland, New Zealand. News source: Read/Write Web Interviews George Moore Published Sunday, September 03, 2006 7:02 PM by Kip Kniskern [...]
Personally, I have no idea why people would not understand how to do this.
Personally, I have no idea why people would not understand how to do this.