1 post tagged “blogging”

Over the weekend, I had to pull away from the computer screen and recharge. I missed the opportunity to answer the Vox question of the day on blogging, however the time away allowed me the chance to read an annoynmous blogger’s personal story entitled “Anxiety, Depression, Technology and Me”. His/Her personal story speaks volumes to the question on blogging. This link is from the Scobelizer's blog.  The highs and lows of blogging.

The Emotion

(The mood set by listening to emilia's "Just for tonight" )

What is the state of the blogosphere?   David has compiled a comprehensive summary at David Sifry's musings  Did you know?

Technorati is now tracking over 70 million weblogs                                               

About 120,000 new weblogs are created each day, or...

1.4 new blogs every second

3000-7000 new splogs (fake, or spam blogs) created every day

Peak of 11,000 splogs per day last December

1.5 million posts per day, or...

17 posts per second

Growing from 35 to 75 million blogs took 320 days

22 blogs among the top 100 blogs among the top 100 sources linked to in Q4 2006 - up from 12 in the prior quarter

More Details & charts here:

All in the Details

(the mood set by listening to Audio: The pride of wearing a suit - The Glitch )

Like I stated in my first blog entry, I would not have considered blogging if I hadn’t discovered so many outstanding blog sites. 

Naturally, I felt excited for the “digital community” when I read about NATAS President and CEO Peter Price,  stating the importance of having an awards show that honors digital media content. Kim Nordyke (The Hollywood Reporter) quotes Price,  "We need to recognize these creators," he said. "They deserve recognition, and we've got to find a way to do it." 

That’s great news.….Hold on! read more of Kim’s report

The “Boom” aka Hit Hard

(the mood set by listening to:

Duke Boyz N DA CLUB

Oh and expect more debate on the contributions of blogs and bloggers when Andrew Keen releases his new book in June, titled "The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture" (Currency/Doubleday).

“Keen, a former dot-com entrepreneur, argues that the phenomenon of user-generated content, particularly blogs and YouTube videos, is overpowering established media players. Consequently, he believes the notion of quality content will be eradicated as the playing field tilts in favor of consumers churning out substandard and erroneous content.” Story by By Andrew Wallenstein, The Hollywood Reporter. He offsets Keen’s notions with strong counter agruments.  It’s a great read.

To quote from The Gaping Void  “Blogging is just  the tip  of the Cluetrain iceberg. And it wasn't the tip that sunk the Titanic.”