Comments on: Blogs are dead http://www.burningthebacon.com/2009/06/30/blogs-are-dead/ mobile and interactive marketing insight, perspective, and propaganda Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Phil Barrett http://www.burningthebacon.com/2009/06/30/blogs-are-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1424 Phil Barrett Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:28:13 +0000 http://www.burningthebacon.com/?p=829#comment-1424 Great point Scott - the way i see it, the next mass appeal "thing" will be something that is dead simple for the mass consumer. What is that? I think when it becomes really easy to port my aggregate social graph to other platforms - which is what facebook connect and open social are starting / trying to do. People don't want to maintain several accounts across several platforms... so as soon as we can truly own our personal data / social graph and its truly portable, i think we'll see more mass adoption of other channels. Great point Scott – the way i see it, the next mass appeal “thing” will be something that is dead simple for the mass consumer.

What is that? I think when it becomes really easy to port my aggregate social graph to other platforms – which is what facebook connect and open social are starting / trying to do.

People don’t want to maintain several accounts across several platforms… so as soon as we can truly own our personal data / social graph and its truly portable, i think we’ll see more mass adoption of other channels.

]]> By: Phil Barrett http://www.burningthebacon.com/2009/06/30/blogs-are-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-2101 Phil Barrett Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:28:00 +0000 http://www.burningthebacon.com/?p=829#comment-2101 Great point Scott - the way i see it, the next mass appeal "thing" will be something that is dead simple for the mass consumer. What is that? I think when it becomes really easy to port my aggregate social graph to other platforms - which is what facebook connect and open social are starting / trying to do. People don't want to maintain several accounts across several platforms... so as soon as we can truly own our personal data / social graph and its truly portable, i think we'll see more mass adoption of other channels. Great point Scott – the way i see it, the next mass appeal “thing” will be something that is dead simple for the mass consumer.

What is that? I think when it becomes really easy to port my aggregate social graph to other platforms – which is what facebook connect and open social are starting / trying to do.

People don’t want to maintain several accounts across several platforms… so as soon as we can truly own our personal data / social graph and its truly portable, i think we’ll see more mass adoption of other channels.

]]> By: Scott Gould http://www.burningthebacon.com/2009/06/30/blogs-are-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1422 Scott Gould Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:11:03 +0000 http://www.burningthebacon.com/?p=829#comment-1422 Phil - true you need the lifestreaming to get people to notice you. I just wonder what the effects are for the mainstream audience. What will be the next service to gain mass appeal - and how we will engage with that? As opposed to socialmediaites sharing content with other socialmediaites... Phil – true you need the lifestreaming to get people to notice you. I just wonder what the effects are for the mainstream audience. What will be the next service to gain mass appeal – and how we will engage with that? As opposed to socialmediaites sharing content with other socialmediaites…

]]> By: Scott Gould http://www.burningthebacon.com/2009/06/30/blogs-are-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-2100 Scott Gould Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:11:00 +0000 http://www.burningthebacon.com/?p=829#comment-2100 Phil - true you need the lifestreaming to get people to notice you. I just wonder what the effects are for the mainstream audience. What will be the next service to gain mass appeal - and how we will engage with that? As opposed to socialmediaites sharing content with other socialmediaites... Phil – true you need the lifestreaming to get people to notice you. I just wonder what the effects are for the mainstream audience. What will be the next service to gain mass appeal – and how we will engage with that? As opposed to socialmediaites sharing content with other socialmediaites…

]]> By: Phil Barrett http://www.burningthebacon.com/2009/06/30/blogs-are-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1421 Phil Barrett Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:01:36 +0000 http://www.burningthebacon.com/?p=829#comment-1421 thecolor - i agree with what you are saying - but more and more people starting with snack sized bits first, where as a year ago people would start with their RSS reader. I don't think blogs will ever go away... but they will continue to evolve and therefore their role will also evolve Jack - i think microblogging has given some bloggers an easy way out of maintaining a regular content schedule. It's far easier to send out a RT or a witty one-liner then put the thought & effort into writing a post. I think sites like twitter is actually helping the blogsphere as the pretenders are no longer cluttering up the space like before. Crispin - fully agree! Scott - Also agreed... but you also need the lifestreaming channel to get people to notice your blog. Twitter and FF are great for sharing for example, but they are also great for publishing. Content is king like you say and at the end of the day those who consistently produce the best content will be the most relevant - regardless of format or channel thecolor – i agree with what you are saying – but more and more people starting with snack sized bits first, where as a year ago people would start with their RSS reader. I don’t think blogs will ever go away… but they will continue to evolve and therefore their role will also evolve

Jack – i think microblogging has given some bloggers an easy way out of maintaining a regular content schedule. It’s far easier to send out a RT or a witty one-liner then put the thought & effort into writing a post. I think sites like twitter is actually helping the blogsphere as the pretenders are no longer cluttering up the space like before.

Crispin – fully agree!

Scott – Also agreed… but you also need the lifestreaming channel to get people to notice your blog. Twitter and FF are great for sharing for example, but they are also great for publishing. Content is king like you say and at the end of the day those who consistently produce the best content will be the most relevant – regardless of format or channel

]]> By: Phil Barrett http://www.burningthebacon.com/2009/06/30/blogs-are-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-2099 Phil Barrett Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:01:00 +0000 http://www.burningthebacon.com/?p=829#comment-2099 thecolor - i agree with what you are saying - but more and more people starting with snack sized bits first, where as a year ago people would start with their RSS reader. I don't think blogs will ever go away... but they will continue to evolve and therefore their role will also evolve Jack - i think microblogging has given some bloggers an easy way out of maintaining a regular content schedule. It's far easier to send out a RT or a witty one-liner then put the thought & effort into writing a post. I think sites like twitter is actually helping the blogsphere as the pretenders are no longer cluttering up the space like before. Crispin - fully agree! Scott - Also agreed... but you also need the lifestreaming channel to get people to notice your blog. Twitter and FF are great for sharing for example, but they are also great for publishing. Content is king like you say and at the end of the day those who consistently produce the best content will be the most relevant - regardless of format or channel thecolor – i agree with what you are saying – but more and more people starting with snack sized bits first, where as a year ago people would start with their RSS reader. I don’t think blogs will ever go away… but they will continue to evolve and therefore their role will also evolve

Jack – i think microblogging has given some bloggers an easy way out of maintaining a regular content schedule. It’s far easier to send out a RT or a witty one-liner then put the thought & effort into writing a post. I think sites like twitter is actually helping the blogsphere as the pretenders are no longer cluttering up the space like before.

Crispin – fully agree!

Scott – Also agreed… but you also need the lifestreaming channel to get people to notice your blog. Twitter and FF are great for sharing for example, but they are also great for publishing. Content is king like you say and at the end of the day those who consistently produce the best content will be the most relevant – regardless of format or channel

]]> By: Scott Gould http://www.burningthebacon.com/2009/06/30/blogs-are-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1417 Scott Gould Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:53:00 +0000 http://www.burningthebacon.com/?p=829#comment-1417 Hey Phil. Saw your article through Steve Rubel himself and glad I did. I've been writing about this subject today on friendfeed, et al, and I agree that we must not through the baby out with the bathwater. When I look at social media in it's current form I see the problem of content overload. There is so, so much of it, and this lessens its value. Of course there is cumulative effect when you are building community, but when someone is just posting "stuff" then *I* - the end user - is missing out the meat that I get in a blog post. I'm posting later today on 'Content is a Commodity', and in it I outline the fact that the most precious human resource is our ability to act. A good blog post, a post with clarity, will guide me to action. Sure, your lifestream will make me like you more, respect you more, enjoy you, etc - but it is that well-thought-through blog post that actually causes change. What do you think? I'm still trying to get this firm in my mind. SG Hey Phil.

Saw your article through Steve Rubel himself and glad I did. I’ve been writing about this subject today on friendfeed, et al, and I agree that we must not through the baby out with the bathwater.

When I look at social media in it’s current form I see the problem of content overload. There is so, so much of it, and this lessens its value. Of course there is cumulative effect when you are building community, but when someone is just posting “stuff” then *I* – the end user – is missing out the meat that I get in a blog post.

I’m posting later today on ‘Content is a Commodity’, and in it I outline the fact that the most precious human resource is our ability to act. A good blog post, a post with clarity, will guide me to action. Sure, your lifestream will make me like you more, respect you more, enjoy you, etc – but it is that well-thought-through blog post that actually causes change.

What do you think? I’m still trying to get this firm in my mind.

SG

]]> By: Scott Gould http://www.burningthebacon.com/2009/06/30/blogs-are-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-2098 Scott Gould Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:53:00 +0000 http://www.burningthebacon.com/?p=829#comment-2098 Hey Phil. Saw your article through Steve Rubel himself and glad I did. I've been writing about this subject today on friendfeed, et al, and I agree that we must not through the baby out with the bathwater. When I look at social media in it's current form I see the problem of content overload. There is so, so much of it, and this lessens its value. Of course there is cumulative effect when you are building community, but when someone is just posting "stuff" then *I* - the end user - is missing out the meat that I get in a blog post. I'm posting later today on 'Content is a Commodity', and in it I outline the fact that the most precious human resource is our ability to act. A good blog post, a post with clarity, will guide me to action. Sure, your lifestream will make me like you more, respect you more, enjoy you, etc - but it is that well-thought-through blog post that actually causes change. What do you think? I'm still trying to get this firm in my mind. SG Hey Phil.

Saw your article through Steve Rubel himself and glad I did. I’ve been writing about this subject today on friendfeed, et al, and I agree that we must not through the baby out with the bathwater.

When I look at social media in it’s current form I see the problem of content overload. There is so, so much of it, and this lessens its value. Of course there is cumulative effect when you are building community, but when someone is just posting “stuff” then *I* – the end user – is missing out the meat that I get in a blog post.

I’m posting later today on ‘Content is a Commodity’, and in it I outline the fact that the most precious human resource is our ability to act. A good blog post, a post with clarity, will guide me to action. Sure, your lifestream will make me like you more, respect you more, enjoy you, etc – but it is that well-thought-through blog post that actually causes change.

What do you think? I’m still trying to get this firm in my mind.

SG

]]> By: Crispin Heath http://www.burningthebacon.com/2009/06/30/blogs-are-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1415 Crispin Heath Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:15:27 +0000 http://www.burningthebacon.com/?p=829#comment-1415 Blogs are on no way dead, they will become the medium be which more in depth analysis i.e longer structured thoughts exist. It may be that publishing ratesslows, but relevancy and quality may well increase if the pressure to publish every day (or more) is taken away. The rise of lifestreaming, microblogging etc. means we have more opportunity to run a stream of conciouosness and platforms like Friendfeed allow us to develop more structured streams of conciousness. Blogs will continue to exist but will become more filtered and therefore better. Blogs are on no way dead, they will become the medium be which more in depth analysis i.e longer structured thoughts exist. It may be that publishing ratesslows, but relevancy and quality may well increase if the pressure to publish every day (or more) is taken away. The rise of lifestreaming, microblogging etc. means we have more opportunity to run a stream of conciouosness and platforms like Friendfeed allow us to develop more structured streams of conciousness. Blogs will continue to exist but will become more filtered and therefore better.

]]> By: Crispin Heath http://www.burningthebacon.com/2009/06/30/blogs-are-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-2097 Crispin Heath Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:15:00 +0000 http://www.burningthebacon.com/?p=829#comment-2097 Blogs are on no way dead, they will become the medium be which more in depth analysis i.e longer structured thoughts exist. It may be that publishing ratesslows, but relevancy and quality may well increase if the pressure to publish every day (or more) is taken away. The rise of lifestreaming, microblogging etc. means we have more opportunity to run a stream of conciouosness and platforms like Friendfeed allow us to develop more structured streams of conciousness. Blogs will continue to exist but will become more filtered and therefore better. Blogs are on no way dead, they will become the medium be which more in depth analysis i.e longer structured thoughts exist. It may be that publishing ratesslows, but relevancy and quality may well increase if the pressure to publish every day (or more) is taken away. The rise of lifestreaming, microblogging etc. means we have more opportunity to run a stream of conciouosness and platforms like Friendfeed allow us to develop more structured streams of conciousness. Blogs will continue to exist but will become more filtered and therefore better.

]]>