Seems that George Simpson at MediaPost heard a cosmic crash last week. Hmmmm...I didn't hear anything. Obviously we can expect more anti-blog rhetoric to emerge and rightfully so. With all of the media attention and claims to the effectiveness of blog publishing there needs to an examination of those claims. There needs to be a continued discussion of what works and what doesn't work with blogs. That is to be expected. (similarly discussed here at Desconstructing the Blog). As with everything else, critics and cynics will spin the facts, test cases and whatever else they have at their disposal to make their arguments. I'm okay with that.

Ah...nothing like lively debate. At any rate...

I can't help but sense that George hasn't fully explored the many ways that blogs are proving to be effective publishing and communications tools for ...   more »

Amy Gahran publishes a very good article on blogging stereotypes designed to help you initiate intelligent and informative discussions about blogging while avoiding the spread of misinformation. In other words, she presents a discussion on how not to discuss "blogging".

Amy starts out with a definition of what a blog is and follows her definition with a list unique characteristics and features that are common among blogs and serve to differentiate blogs from other online publishing tools. There is some overlap and blurring of capabilities or uses between blog publishing and other means of online publishing so Amy defines other types of online publishing that aren't considered to be weblog publishing. This is a great post that closes with blog myths and stereotypes to avoid when discussing blogs.

Again, great post. Read more...   more »