Blogging, the experience of it, really comes down to two things. First, the experience of expressing yourself, then second, the pushing a publish button. That’s it. It’s really that simple.
So when Sam and Wayne start talking about blogging not working anymore, I keep thinking to myself that they’re right, and they’re wrong.
They’re right that most likely in the future more and more bloggers will move into the Twitter type “publishing”. However, they’re wrong when they say blogging isn’t going to work anymore, it will.
It’s simply going to transform into variants of new things.
In the end, blogging is not defined by WordPress or Blogger.com software. It’s defined by that magic “publish” button.
So long as that button exists, blogging will live forever.
Unless of course Wayne has invented some type of “mind thought-to hard drive” methodology which does not require a publish button. Frankly, I wouldn’t be surprised if he did.
Hey Jim-
Couldn’t agree more. Blogging, like so many other things, will continue to have a subjective meaning depending on the situation and context.
I hope the hegemony of WordPress looking blogs will begin to transform to other mediums, however.
WordPress is the Geocities of our generation!
“WordPress is the Geocities of our generation! ”
That’s pretty profetic Sam, did you make that up on the spot? I haven’t heard a line that good since something Seth Godin said awhile back.
> WordPress is the Geocities of our generation!
I know you’re a youngin’, but you weren’t in grade school for the rise of Geocities, were you?
Anyhow, I think that’s a great insult to WordPress.
I know you’re talking to Sam, I”m old like yous.