I’ve always thought that the blogosphere is beginning to wallow in its own waste. And here’s my proof: Paul Boutin’s piece in this month’s Wired. He’s predicting that the end is effectively near for folks like us and I half believe him. Tweeter is what the blog was in 2004. Most of us have witnessed the evolution from the unadulterated rant-form web log to the long-form industrialized post of 2008. What’s the DoM of the 21st century?
Bryan is found at Parenting Solved and tweets as Doctor_V
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First of all, I’m so happy that I found this blog. Dads need a voice and a forum too. And that’s what it’s all about to me. I think that blogs have just grown into separate segments. There are the big boys like TechCrunch, Huffington Post and the likes. Then there are the middle guys. I would classify Dad-o-Matic here. It’s obviously a well thought out blog with some organization, and great, talented contributors. Take it down one level (to my level) to something like my blog on Posterous or TwitWall. These barely qualify as blogs but what they lack in luster, they gain in simplicity. I have made runs at WordPress blogs etc and have always failed because of the amount of time that it takes to keep them looking at least as good as something like this blog. Down one more step is the micro-blogs Twitter leads the way and some could argue that Facebook updates and Flickr could even be micro-blogs.
So while my blog will never be able to keep up with Gizmodo, TechCrunch etc, that’s fine because its simply in a different class.
Isn’t it funny I am commenting on a blog post about a Wired blog post that says that blogs are dying. I would have never found this blog if not for @chrisbrogan on Twitter and his blog.
Great post! Keep it up!
@bhans on Twitter
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First of all, I’m so happy that I found this blog. Dads need a voice and a forum too. And that’s what it’s all about to me. I think that blogs have just grown into separate segments. There are the big boys like TechCrunch, Huffington Post and the likes. Then there are the middle guys. I would classify Dad-o-Matic here. It’s obviously a well thought out blog with some organization, and great, talented contributors. Take it down one level (to my level) to something like my blog on Posterous or TwitWall. These barely qualify as blogs but what they lack in luster, they gain in simplicity. I have made runs at WordPress blogs etc and have always failed because of the amount of time that it takes to keep them looking at least as good as something like this blog. Down one more step is the micro-blogs Twitter leads the way and some could argue that Facebook updates and Flickr could even be micro-blogs.
So while my blog will never be able to keep up with Gizmodo, TechCrunch etc, that’s fine because its simply in a different class.
Isn’t it funny I am commenting on a blog post about a Wired blog post that says that blogs are dying. I would have never found this blog if not for @chrisbrogan on Twitter and his blog.
Great post! Keep it up!
@bhans on Twitter
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I have to say that I disagree with Boutin. I think his criticisms are legit in that the heavyweight blogo now seem to basically online magazines. But I also feel that longterm traditional bloggers – those that were the pioneers – fail to see that the millions of bloggers still blog and are going to keep on blogging. But instead of being in technology or in marketing or in social media (I’m in the last two of those), they are from all walks of life. This blog is probably proof of that.
Unless, of course, we’re all in, um, technology, marketing, or social media.
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I have to say that I disagree with Boutin. I think his criticisms are legit in that the heavyweight blogo now seem to basically online magazines. But I also feel that longterm traditional bloggers – those that were the pioneers – fail to see that the millions of bloggers still blog and are going to keep on blogging. But instead of being in technology or in marketing or in social media (I’m in the last two of those), they are from all walks of life. This blog is probably proof of that.
Unless, of course, we’re all in, um, technology, marketing, or social media.
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Jonathan, I think your last sentence nailed it. A lot of us are in technology, marketing, or social media, we just also happen to be dads (or video game fans, or Patriots fans, etc.).
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Jonathan, I think your last sentence nailed it. A lot of us are in technology, marketing, or social media, we just also happen to be dads (or video game fans, or Patriots fans, etc.).