Blogging
The art and craft of the personal blog — and the business of blogging as part of the creator economy.
Morning nostalgia Paid Members Public
I am having a deeply nostalgic day right now. Not only am I provisioning a new blog – just as I used to back in my days as RBI’s blogmeister – but today is a day of note, as this tweet suggests: > 12 years ago today… http://t.co/6pEPQB5AIB—
The role of blogs in the age of media overload Paid Members Public
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2015/02/blogger-at-work.jpg] Fascinating read in the wake of Andrew Sullivan’s closure of The Dish [http://time.com/3693638/no-blogs-are-not-dead/], in which Ira Stoll explores the present and future of blogging [http://time.com/3693638/no-blogs-are-not-dead/]: > And while
Backed: Typed, a new blogging platform Paid Members Public
Another new blog platform launches with a crowd-funding campaign.
How blogging became today's new journalism Paid Members Public
Ben Smith, Buzzfeed’s editor in chief [http://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/this-is-my-blog]: > Indeed, the strongest new news outlets and the most nimble elements of the old ones have also co-opted and professionalized the tools and ethos of bloggers — fast, direct publishing; an informal voice; a commitment to transparency.
The Post-Blogging age Paid Members Public
Chris Cillizza, commenting on the reaction to Andrew Sullivan’s departure from blogging [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2015/01/andrew-sullivan-quits-blogging.html] : > But, again, a blog isn’t any one thing. For me, the idea of a blog — or blogging — that works is reported analysis told through a variety
Andrew Sullivan's Dish finally empties Paid Members Public
Disconcerting news this evening. Andrew Sullivan is quitting blogging [http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2015/01/28/a-note-to-my-readers/]: > The second is that I am saturated in digital life and I want to return to the actual world again. I’m a human being before I am a writer; and a
One Man & His Medium Blog Paid Members Public
I probably don’t need more places to write – but I’ve decided to give Medium a go, for a little while at least. My first post is up, exploring the brief bout of Blogger’s Block [https://medium.com/@adders/bloggers-block-1ff21eed5c1a] I just went through. [Adam Tinworth](https://medium.
Medium is a long-form social message Paid Members Public
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/12/welcome-to-medium.jpg] Simon Owens has written a really nice piece exploring what Medium is trying to do [http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2014/12/how-medium-is-trying-to-bring-back-the-web-we-lost/?utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pbs%2Fmediashift-blog+%28mediashift-blog%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_
