Blogging
The art and craft of the personal blog — and the business of blogging as part of the creator economy.
Happy 15th Birthday to One Man & His Blog Paid Members Public
15 years ago, most likely at his desk at Estates Gazette‘s then Wardour Street offices, a frustrated journalist opened Blogger in his web browser. He came up with a punny name, and started his second ever blog. His first blog, on Livejournal, felt restrictive. It was clearly a semi-closed,
Is Medium aiming to be the Facebook of long-form writing? Paid Members Public
Stowe Boyd has some serious questions about the future of Medium [https://medium.com/@stoweboyd/is-medium-following-the-facebook-playbook-6a21b3db6e7d] : > And what about Medium? Are we better off because of Medium’s mechanisms to suggest to us what to read, or would we be better off with thousands of independent curators and publishers,
Blogs are digital thought spaces Paid Members Public
Om Malik [https://om.co/2018/02/08/blogs-as-though-spaces/]: > When relaxing in the sun this past weekend, I realized that my original blog was my thought space, and that is why it resonated with my community. Among all the blogs I continue to follow — Dave Winer, John Gruber, Bob
Building trust in news through transparency Paid Members Public
Ipsita Agarwal, writing back in the summer [https://medium.com/@ipsita/trust-in-news-3c9afc15d3a1]: > There is perhaps a concept to be experimented with where a news publisher builds a news literacy project containing explainers of how some of its best reporting was done — how was the information collected, verified, and presented;
Maintaining friendships without social networks Paid Members Public
Maintaining friendships after Facebook and Twitter [https://jonmitchell.net/blog/how-to-stay-internet-friends-without-facebook-or-twitter] : > Some people are like, “How are you supposed to maintain normal human relationships?” Don’t worry, I tell them. There are way better ways to be internet friends than Facebook and Twitter. In fact, most of them already
Mattress review sites are a nightmare of affiliate links and court battles Paid Members Public
Fast Company’s David Zax has written a fascinating account of the industry of mattress review sites that have sprung up. They’ve been sustained by the new breed of mattress startups that deliver mattresses-in-a-box to your home for much less than the traditional businesses. It’s clear that many
Why is the journalism business so dismissive of Medium's new model? An experiment. Paid Members Public
This morning, I’ve written a 2,000 word blog post about journalism and publishing strategy. But, you’ll note, this is the first blog post on here today. What’s going on? Well, Medium recently expanded their partner program [https://blog.medium.com/expanding-the-medium-partner-program-3be09dd146e4], allowing more writers to lock
Blog, people Paid Members Public
> My Twitter feed is turning into terribly long, competing threads. Blog, people. — Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) July 30, 2017 [https://twitter.com/jeffjarvis/status/891804687783129088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Amen.
