Life Blogging: Going Away?
I’ve been reading blogs and writing one in some form or another since they first started to make the scene way back in the day (OK, OK — a few years ago). I remember all the rage then was to write about what kind of Pop Tarts you had for breakfast that morning. Some folks got really consumed in the idea of reading all of the "life blogs", as I call them, so they don’t feel as lonely. Remember too, this was all before the technology / business / political specific blogs really started to gather steam.
Now that everyone and their grandmother has a blog (and they all seem to be focused on topics that are based with current affairs, or underground technology yet to break into the mainstream, is this life blogging phenom that started the trend going away? I see few and few — they are all transferring over to topics that every other blog talks about. It’s becoming more of a forum to discuss opinion on similar topics. Sure, there are the odd posts thrown in that are off-topic, but that’s just a reality check.
I don’t know. I like it better now than it was. The whole "blogsphere" has started to evolve upward and away from where it was when it caught on fire. Maybe I’m missing something here and there is actually an increasing amount of posts being written about someones Friday night date (I had mine with my girlfriend and Gil Grissom on CSI).
I’m going to love to see how things push forward in the years to come. Blogging is a really cool thing that’s happened on the ‘net, and as more technology is developed around it, and that technology is embraced by more of the important companies (MSFT, AAPL, etc…) I’m looking forward to seeing how things evolve even further. I mean, a couple of weeks ago, we had our first PodCast from space. It’s only a matter of time before someone starts doing the first PodCast from their bathroom after the morning coffee.
Have a good, lazy Sunday all.
