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Is blogging just writing with a cool name?

Started by mathewi · 11 months ago

Simon Dumenco has a column in AdAge magazine entitled A Blogger Is Just A Writer With A Cooler Name, which takes issue with what he feels is the trumped up division between blogging and just plain old writing. “It occurred to me that there is no such thing as blogging. There is no such ... Continue reading »

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  • Stuart MacDonald

    3 years ago

    Yep, Rubel nails it. What makes blogging powerful is (a) it is a conversation and (b) it is fast. There are lots of other characteristics, too, but these are the key ones. Now each of these have drawbacks, too, but if you could meld the best of traditional news publishing (good writing, editorial oversight, depth) and the conversational, real-time idea of a blog...that's got legs.

    -- Stuart
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  • Mathew

    3 years ago

    I totally agree. It will be interesting to see who succeeds and who
    fails in the attempt to produce a model that works.
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  • ladd

    3 years ago

    i try to find something at google.com and take it on your site...thanks
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  • AntySPAM

    3 years ago

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  • Raznoe

    2 years ago

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