Comments on: just don’t be surprised when you get left behind

By: The Social Customer Manifesto

The Social Customer Manifesto — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 02:28:09 +0000

Gratuitous Metablogging

I usually try to avoid the whole “blogging about blogging” thing, but there are a couple of good things that have popped through in the last couple of days that may be worth a look, if you’re into that sort

By: Mary's Blog

Mary's Blog — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:40:21 +0000

Missing the point of blogs

Slate is talking Twilight of the Blogs. Apparently, “blogs have peaked.” Well, sorry, Slate but you’re wrong. Like many others who are constantly analyzing blogs, the on-line pub just flat misses the point (and power) of blogging…

By: David Burn

David Burn — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 05:00:00 +0000

For more MSM blog-bashing, see Trevor Butterworth's piece in this weekend's Financial Times. They've dedicated a ton of space to it. http://news.ft.com/cms/s/384be1be-9eb1-11da-ba48-0000779e2340.html

By: scott

scott — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 04:51:38 +0000

Your point about “second-hand sources” is very true. I think it’s less about party invitations, though, and more about the fact that most reporters (even business reporters) don’t understand business very well. I believe it was Forbes who stated a while back that something like 70 percent of US business reporters were unable to read a balance sheet. That’s uh — not so good.

By: Samuel Koh

Samuel Koh — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 01:31:53 +0000

dear fred, watz this biz about “you are right and I’m wrong” thingy? If u think abt it enough, think slow… its more about wat works and wat dun. I’ve juz got started and I think that blogging is great and for many reasons I dun wanna flood this place with… it will be here to stay. When i read msn, yahoo, or a newspaper, or those damn tabloids, I see companies & turmoil. When I read gapingvoid, I see a man who is true to himself and at peace with himself. Its peaceful here. Sometimes chaotic but peaceful. And for a man who can attain this — getting paid living life. Please don’t try to take this away from him — you’re killing yourself.

By: Ashish Banerjee

Ashish Banerjee — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:17:16 +0000

Good piece in the FT recently re the rise of blogging… read?

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 19:38:26 +0000

Fred: Check your facts…how much did Jason actually make? Look it up. BTW — do you think there’s only ONE blog business model?

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 19:28:06 +0000

Read Tom Feremski recently Hugh? ex-FT…3 mill page views per month…

By: Fred

Fred — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 13:11:21 +0000

I read the entire article, and I think he hit you where you live. He said people launching blogs as business ventures now will make “journalist money, not Wall Street money.” Let us know, Hugh, when you’ve made anywhere near as much from your blog as Calacanis did from Engadget. Until then, he’s right and you’re wrong.

By: Marketing Punk

Marketing Punk — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 11:55:10 +0000

Blog have peaked?!?
I am not shocked to hear yet another journalist saying blogs are a bad thing or are going away

By: ninefish

ninefish — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 05:27:57 +0000

For me, blogs aren’t about changing the revenue system and making money, but the functionality of communication. The blogs I’ve set up for clients have enabled a lot of easy conversations, whereas before it was difficult, needed a web master or a degree, and was hard to update. Now, it’s completely opposite

By: Katherine

Katherine — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 02:14:46 +0000

Every profession is awash with hacks. (See also Sturgeon’s Law: 90% of everything is crap.)
Most of the people pointing out similarities to the Internet bubble now were busy driving the hype wagon back in 1999. When those same people start talking about how wonderful blogs are, that’s when we’ll know the bubble is about to burst.

By: Henriette Weber Andersen

Henriette Weber Andersen — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:23:50 +0000

YES YES YES ! — great post.. see you soon

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 21:53:29 +0000

Thanks Scotty,
That’s an older one. New ones tend to get published all by themselves, without any written commentary. I repost the older ones to jazz up my written commentary.
This last year I haven’t been posting new cartoons often enough. Mainly becasue I’m drawing a lot less. Mainly becasue I’m so busy these days. It’s hard doing everything.
I don’t have a problem with reposting the cartoons. It allows people to see work they might have missed earlier.

By: Scotty

Scotty — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 21:45:25 +0000

Not really related to the article, but Hugh, your cartoons never cease to express what’s going on inside my mind at any given moment. Today’s (it may be an older one, I’m not sure) just made the cut as one of my favorites.