It never ceases to amaze me just how much bloggers seem to blog about blogging. It's a reminder of how young the medium is, a bit like the way people used to talk on mobile phones and ask 'Where are you right now?' and marvel at the fact they were having a conversation whilst being out and about. Like mobile phones at the time, blogging isn't ubiquitous yet and we don't take it for granted. We're still in early adopter territory, and a good number of the people blogging right now are 'into blogging' (as opposed to just using it as a tool for having a conversation, like a mobile phone.) I'm looking forward to seeing more 'ordinary people' with an interesting point of view joining in.
Or blogging about people blogging about blogging? ;-)
I like the mobile analogy. I recall dropping a mate off in a taxi in Brighton 10 years ago and him saying "I'll email you tomorrow". That prompted a very sarcastic "Oooooh! Email?" from the taxi driver. I doubt it would elicit the same response now as half of them are SMS-ing or email-ing via their in-car GPS units between fares...
Posted by: Antony Mayfield | 05 November 2006 at 06:24 AM
It'll be interesting to see if (and how) blogs become as widespread as mobile phones.
Posted by: Danny Hope | 10 November 2006 at 12:47 PM