Blogging
The art and craft of the personal blog — and the business of blogging as part of the creator economy.
15 million die-hard RSS aficionados Paid Members Public
Martin Belam [http://martinbelam.com/2014/hello-world-slight-return/]: > And despite the die-hard afficianados, RSS is no longer a key content distribution channel. Of course, with some amusement, I read this in my RSS reader of choice [http://reederapp.com]. He’s right in that RSS never became a mainstream means
Publishing thought for the day Paid Members Public
So much of the web discussion right now is about distraction and entertainment. I really want this blog to stand for useful and interesting instead.
Mary needs to be shorter Paid Members Public
Mary Hamilton [http://maryhamilton.co.uk/2014/05/brief/]: > It’s something I’d like to do more of here – sharing interesting links with a paragraph or two’s analysis. Gah. Why would anyone do that? 🙂 (Other than providing useful, contextualised links for people, which is where blogging started.
31-3.7 Bursting bubbles, and getting tech to grow up Paid Members Public
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/03/beach-sunset-3605.html] I just wrote a post for NEXT Berlin [http://nextberlin.eu/2014/03/missing-aircraft-we-need-to-get-serious-about-the-internet-of-things/] which has provoked a little more reaction [https://www.facebook.com/nextconf/posts/10152221294013847?stream_ref=10] than normal. I admit – it’s a more
31-3.2 A daily thrashing with the 500 word stick Paid Members Public
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/03/sunrise-over-the-waterside-3567.html] So, here’s a question. Why am I putting myself through the horror of trying to write something substantive for this blog every single day in March? Leaving aside the possibility of an unexplored masochistic streak, the fundamental reason
Do you aspire to dress like a blogger? Paid Members Public
I got an e-mail from Next (the clothes and homewares people, not the conference people) earlier. This is what it looked like: Yes, Next is selling “blogger style” as a look. Is there any other industry where blogging has been so throughly assimilated into the way it operates as fashion?
This is our web Paid Members Public
Zeldman [http://www.zeldman.com/2013/12/11/this-is-a-website/]: > Yes, recycling other people’s recycling of other people’s recycling of cat gifs is fun and easy on Tumblr. Yes, rubbing out a good bon mot on Twitter can satisfy one’s ego and rekindle a wistful remembrance of
Lists: how we understand the world Paid Members Public
There’s more to lists than you think [http://www.fastcompany.com/3021379/work-smart/the-amazing-history-of-the-to-do-list-and-how-to-make-one-that-actually-works] : > Umberto explained in an interview that lists are often seen as relics of primitive cultures–simplistic devices that don’t belong in our modern day and age. However, the simple form of the list
