Comments on: State of the What? http://www.openparenthesis.org/2007/04/09/state-of-what Because these are the early days of a long revolution . . . Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:04:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John http://www.openparenthesis.org/2007/04/09/state-of-what#comment-83213 John Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:11:03 +0000 http://www.openparenthesis.org/2007/04/09/state-of-what/#comment-83213 Thanks Doc - I agree absolutely that it isn't fair to call Blogging vs. Twitter a contest - but it might be fair to talk about two significantly different schools of thought on blogging, which have been present all along but are evolving into more distinct branches: 1. Long-form blogging, in which posts are a bit less frequent but contain more analysis and discussion. 2. Short-form tumble-blogging and Twitter-style ego blogging, in which posts are very frequent (>5 a day, maybe even >10 a day) but the commentary or analysis is light or nonexistent. To push it a bit further, I guess you could argue that Twittering (or whatever verb is preferred for what one does on Twitter) isn't really a form of blogging at all - but tumble-blogging is? Thanks Doc – I agree absolutely that it isn’t fair to call Blogging vs. Twitter a contest – but it might be fair to talk about two significantly different schools of thought on blogging, which have been present all along but are evolving into more distinct branches:

1. Long-form blogging, in which posts are a bit less frequent but contain more analysis and discussion.

2. Short-form tumble-blogging and Twitter-style ego blogging, in which posts are very frequent (>5 a day, maybe even >10 a day) but the commentary or analysis is light or nonexistent.

To push it a bit further, I guess you could argue that Twittering (or whatever verb is preferred for what one does on Twitter) isn’t really a form of blogging at all – but tumble-blogging is?

]]> By: Doc Searls http://www.openparenthesis.org/2007/04/09/state-of-what#comment-82126 Doc Searls Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:49:05 +0000 http://www.openparenthesis.org/2007/04/09/state-of-what/#comment-82126 Hey. For what it's worth, I'm a bit of a voice in the wilderness on this Live Web thing. In fact, about the only success I've had with it, so far, is with Technorati. That said, I do believe that the differences between Live Web and Static Web are much more sharp and easily defined than those, say, between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0. But I'm just one writer, not a publisher and conference-giver like O'Reilly, which successfully obtained widespread usage of the Web 2.0 meme. (Just as IDG successfully drove adoption of the expression "IT", replacing the worn-out "MIS", back around the turn of the 90s.) I hope the Live Web/Static Web distinction catches on. It's a good one. But it won't be the end of the world if it doesn't. As for long-form blogging (or writing on the Web in general), I've had far more good effects with long-form writing than with short form. So have Paul Graham, Clay Shirky and many others. And, as for Twitter vs. Blogging, it's not a contest. Literally. One is a site with a service; the other is a widespread practice that involves millions of sites, all independent from each other (rather than dependent on one site, or one company). That's not a knock on Twitter, just an observation of a distinction. Finally, I agree that blogging will change. It has all along, and will continue to do so. Best, Doc Hey.

For what it’s worth, I’m a bit of a voice in the wilderness on this Live Web thing. In fact, about the only success I’ve had with it, so far, is with Technorati.

That said, I do believe that the differences between Live Web and Static Web are much more sharp and easily defined than those, say, between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0. But I’m just one writer, not a publisher and conference-giver like O’Reilly, which successfully obtained widespread usage of the Web 2.0 meme. (Just as IDG successfully drove adoption of the expression “IT”, replacing the worn-out “MIS”, back around the turn of the 90s.)

I hope the Live Web/Static Web distinction catches on. It’s a good one. But it won’t be the end of the world if it doesn’t.

As for long-form blogging (or writing on the Web in general), I’ve had far more good effects with long-form writing than with short form. So have Paul Graham, Clay Shirky and many others.

And, as for Twitter vs. Blogging, it’s not a contest. Literally. One is a site with a service; the other is a widespread practice that involves millions of sites, all independent from each other (rather than dependent on one site, or one company). That’s not a knock on Twitter, just an observation of a distinction.

Finally, I agree that blogging will change. It has all along, and will continue to do so.

Best,

Doc

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