Comments on: Mind Map to the Future of Blogging http://natureblognetwork.com/blog/mind-map-to-the-future-of-blogging/ The Nexus for Every Species of Nature Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: grasshoppa http://natureblognetwork.com/blog/mind-map-to-the-future-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-2964 grasshoppa Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:53:41 +0000 http://natureblognetwork.com/blog/?p=2843#comment-2964 Blogs seem still in their infancy with a lot of evolving to do. I suspect the really big ones will adapt and sustain an independent presence well into the future, but the commonplace blogs that make up 99% of the current blogosphere may well eventually fall to the wayside, replaced by other forms. Blogs seem still in their infancy with a lot of evolving to do. I suspect the really big ones will adapt and sustain an independent presence well into the future, but the commonplace blogs that make up 99% of the current blogosphere may well eventually fall to the wayside, replaced by other forms.

]]> By: cyberthrush http://natureblognetwork.com/blog/mind-map-to-the-future-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-2951 cyberthrush Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:45:04 +0000 http://natureblognetwork.com/blog/?p=2843#comment-2951 No idea where blogging is going long-term, but I do find this co-evolution of social-networking and information-dispersal fascinating. The generations raised on Sesame Street seem to have no significant attention-span! -- they'd rather read a 2-inch blog post on an important science story than a 7 page Scientific American article on it, and that's a tad scary... speed and brevity, substituting for substance and quality. I'm not sure where it's all headed (...yet I have to believe that quality, in some way and some new form, will win out in the end). No idea where blogging is going long-term, but I do find this co-evolution of social-networking and information-dispersal fascinating. The generations raised on Sesame Street seem to have no significant attention-span! — they’d rather read a 2-inch blog post on an important science story than a 7 page Scientific American article on it, and that’s a tad scary… speed and brevity, substituting for substance and quality. I’m not sure where it’s all headed (…yet I have to believe that quality, in some way and some new form, will win out in the end).

]]> By: John http://natureblognetwork.com/blog/mind-map-to-the-future-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-2933 John Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:33:53 +0000 http://natureblognetwork.com/blog/?p=2843#comment-2933 There is also this sentence trainwreck: "impossible to tell the elephants (journalists) apart from bloggers (zebras)." I don't have much trouble telling elephants and bloggers apart, nor journalists and zebras. The trouble with an exercise like this is that the blogosphere has always been fragmented into many topic areas and blogging styles. And fragmentation has increased as more and more people start blogs. I wouldn't expect all of them to develop in the same direction. There is also this sentence trainwreck: “impossible to tell the elephants (journalists) apart from bloggers (zebras).” I don’t have much trouble telling elephants and bloggers apart, nor journalists and zebras.

The trouble with an exercise like this is that the blogosphere has always been fragmented into many topic areas and blogging styles. And fragmentation has increased as more and more people start blogs. I wouldn’t expect all of them to develop in the same direction.

]]> By: Mike http://natureblognetwork.com/blog/mind-map-to-the-future-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-2909 Mike Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:28:31 +0000 http://natureblognetwork.com/blog/?p=2843#comment-2909 Dave, your comments, as ever, are insightful. And yes, I thought this crowd in particular would find Rubel's evolution-Darwinism dichotomy painful. Dave, your comments, as ever, are insightful. And yes, I thought this crowd in particular would find Rubel’s evolution-Darwinism dichotomy painful.

]]> By: Dave http://natureblognetwork.com/blog/mind-map-to-the-future-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-2908 Dave Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:25:52 +0000 http://natureblognetwork.com/blog/?p=2843#comment-2908 Uh, I can't resist pointing out the ignorance of this statement: "From my point of view, blogging's future will likely flow down one of two paths: either it will evolve and grow into something else (like many species have) or it will succumb to Darwinism and become extinct (like the Dodo)." Uh, I can’t resist pointing out the ignorance of this statement: “From my point of view, blogging’s future will likely flow down one of two paths: either it will evolve and grow into something else (like many species have) or it will succumb to Darwinism and become extinct (like the Dodo).”

]]> By: Dave http://natureblognetwork.com/blog/mind-map-to-the-future-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-2907 Dave Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:23:45 +0000 http://natureblognetwork.com/blog/?p=2843#comment-2907 I think bloggish content management systems such as WordPress and Drupal are here to stay, and the expectation that most websites will include dynamic content updated from the top will continue to spread. Whether we still call what we do "blogging" five or ten years from now is another question. Personally, I think the sooner we lose the word, the better - it has acquired so many limiting stereotypes. We should speak instaed of nature journaling, online self-publishing, political editorializing, online scrapbook making, etc. O.K., off to read the article now. :) I think bloggish content management systems such as WordPress and Drupal are here to stay, and the expectation that most websites will include dynamic content updated from the top will continue to spread. Whether we still call what we do “blogging” five or ten years from now is another question. Personally, I think the sooner we lose the word, the better – it has acquired so many limiting stereotypes. We should speak instaed of nature journaling, online self-publishing, political editorializing, online scrapbook making, etc.

O.K., off to read the article now. :)

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