Comments on: Bruce Sterling Signals Death Knell For Blogs? http://www.901am.com/2007/bruce-sterling-signals-death-knell-for-blogs.html New Media News Every Morning Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:13:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: raj http://www.901am.com/2007/bruce-sterling-signals-death-knell-for-blogs.html/comment-page-1#comment-2264 raj Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:39:54 +0000 http://www.actionwebtools.com/~nine01am/?p=1274#comment-2264 well put, Sharon. Blogging in ten years could likely be very different than today. well put, Sharon. Blogging in ten years could likely be very different than today.

]]> By: Sharon Sarmiento http://www.901am.com/2007/bruce-sterling-signals-death-knell-for-blogs.html/comment-page-1#comment-2263 Sharon Sarmiento Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:49:50 +0000 http://www.actionwebtools.com/~nine01am/?p=1274#comment-2263 There are tons of painters in the world, but relatively few are great. There are many actors in the world, but relatively few are gifted. There are many, many people writing books in the world, but not many are writing books that any of us will have heard of in 10 years. Keep in mind that blogging, like book writing, painting, and acting, has a very low barrier of entry. Anyone can do it, which means that there will be lots of folks who are just dabblers, not real contenders. I tend to think of blogging as an art form, and as with any art, it takes years of applied practice in order to produce really groundbreaking work. Blogs and bloggers will get increasingly better and better as the years go on. Within 10 years, there will be some bloggers who will elevate this new medium of expression to a higher level. It is not the medium that is at fault--it's just that the medium is new and we haven't had enough time to develop the artistry of it yet. There are tons of painters in the world, but relatively few are great.

There are many actors in the world, but relatively few are gifted.

There are many, many people writing books in the world, but not many are writing books that any of us will have heard of in 10 years.

Keep in mind that blogging, like book writing, painting, and acting, has a very low barrier of entry. Anyone can do it, which means that there will be lots of folks who are just dabblers, not real contenders.

I tend to think of blogging as an art form, and as with any art, it takes years of applied practice in order to produce really groundbreaking work. Blogs and bloggers will get increasingly better and better as the years go on. Within 10 years, there will be some bloggers who will elevate this new medium of expression to a higher level.

It is not the medium that is at fault–it’s just that the medium is new and we haven’t had enough time to develop the artistry of it yet.

]]> By: raj http://www.901am.com/2007/bruce-sterling-signals-death-knell-for-blogs.html/comment-page-1#comment-2262 raj Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:12:30 +0000 http://www.actionwebtools.com/~nine01am/?p=1274#comment-2262 Doh!! Thanks, Paul. I was way too tired and hopped up on coca-cola when I wrote that. Now fixed :) Doh!! Thanks, Paul. I was way too tired and hopped up on coca-cola when I wrote that. Now fixed :)

]]> By: Paul Montgomery http://www.901am.com/2007/bruce-sterling-signals-death-knell-for-blogs.html/comment-page-1#comment-2261 Paul Montgomery Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:39:05 +0000 http://www.actionwebtools.com/~nine01am/?p=1274#comment-2261 Knell, not knoll. Unless you think blogs are going to get shot in Dallas from on top of a small hillock. Knell, not knoll. Unless you think blogs are going to get shot in Dallas from on top of a small hillock.

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