Thursday, June 30, 2005

Blogging in infancy

Robert Scoble's post today teases us with a hint at some new product that is supposed to make blogging easier and richer (more structured perhaps?). Also it is a reminder that blogging is still quite new.
What I wonder the most is this: are blogs doomed to become clutter, like spam and web porn? Is the blogosphere just unstructured data that will collapse under its own weight?
I love the idea of giving everyone an equal voice. It gives us all special power. But, is Syndrome correct, in "The Incredibles", when he says "...when everyone is special, no one will be"
Or, will this just be the most incredibly empowering technology since e-mail? Will like-minded people find each other faster, create groups that accomplish great things faster?
Also via Scoble, ArtRage looks like a promising app that could be the one, or type of app that finally makes me commit to a Tablet PC.
However, I do have to ask myself, what good is it to create paintings that can never be anything more than prints/posters?

1 comment :

Anonymous said...

Blogging has become very mainstream. It is amazing!