Blogs Over?
They are so 2004.
According to Paul Boutin, in the November 2008 issue of Wired, personal blogs should be retired. With the dominance of professional blogs, trolls, and time limitations, Twitter seems the obvious choice for the 2008 blogger. He explains:
When blogging was young, enthusiasts rode high, with posts quickly skyrocketing to the top of Google’s search results for any given topic, fueled by generous links from fellow bloggers. In 2002, a search for “Mark” ranked Web developer Mark Pilgrim above author Mark Twain. That phenomenon was part of what made blogging so exciting. No more. Today, a search for, say, Barack Obama’s latest speech will deliver a Wikipedia page, a Fox News article, and a few entries from professionally run sites like Politico.com. The odds of your clever entry appearing high on the list? Basically zero.
That seems pretty grim for this blog. He’s right, too: incorporating multimedia is much easier today than when blogs made their debut. I think rather than pulling the plug here, I can diversify. I mean, no one cares what I write anyway, so much of my blogging is for self-gratification.
I need to Twit more anyway, I guess. As if anyone would find that interesting.
