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Does Anyone Really Blog Any More?

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I started this blog with really high hopes of writing at least one entry a week, building up a community, and creating a personal online identity. I think that’s what all bloggers want in the beginning. You set up a site, start typing, then get recognized, then make money. Unfortunately I along with many other people don’t really keep up on this whole “blogging” thing. Why should we write drawn out blog articles when we can just tweet in 160 characters or less?

Honestly, nowadays I rarely see a “blog” that is kept up to date. Most people including myself don’t do anything significant enough to write about on a weekly or even monthly basis. I wake up, go to work, stare at a monitor all day, then go home and stare at a monitor all night. Don’t get me wrong. I’m perfectly happy doing this. I just don’t think people particularly care to read about it.

I wake up, go to work, stare at a monitor all day, then go home and stare at a monitor all night. Don’t get me wrong. I’m perfectly happy doing this. I just don’t think people particularly care to read about it.

Blogs today are not really blogs at all. For anyone who didn’t know, “blog” stands for “biographical log”. Go to so called blogs such as gizmodo, autoblog, or firstshowing and you don’t get one person’s personal biography. What you’re really reading are online newspapers put together by a number of different freelance writers, editors and journalists.

The line separating blogs from newspaper sites such as nytimes or msnbc is becoming somewhat thin, but I never think they’ll become a single entity. The main thing that separates the two is the nature of the content. Blog articles come out quicker, and typically are more laid back and encourage an open dialogue. I seriously doubt you’ll ever see an article from msnbc.com that has words crudely written over the images.

With the tremendous popularity of services such as Twitter and Facebook, we can connect with people just like we do in person; speaking briefly and instantly. Traditional blogging seems to simply have been a precursor to that.

On that note, you can follow me on twitter here :)