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What if the Twitter replacement isn’t a Twitter clone? Members Public

Twitter's growth was fuelled by making it easier to publish micro blog posts there than on a website. That was a trap, and we fell into it.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

RIP Dooce Members Public

The queen of mummy bloggers, the first influencer… Call her what you will, the tragic loss of Heather Armstrong means that one of the web's true pioneers is gone.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

Newsletters versus blogs Members Public

Should you abandon your blog and just write a newsletter instead?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
newsletters

The man who coined the word "blog" has been blogging for 20 years Members Public

Peter Merholtz, who first split "weblog" into "we blog", has been at the blogface for two decades.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogs

Let's kick the Tweetstorm habit Members Public

Why do we give Twitter our most valuable thoughts?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
X (Twitter)

Blogs are digital thought spaces 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

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

Predicting journalism’s 2018 - goodbye platforms, hello AI, and talking with Alexa Members Public

Oh, happy day. Those of us in the online journalism development business get an annual present a little later than Christmas. January is when Nic Newman’s annual Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions report hits. Today’s the day. I haven’t had the time to dive into

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogs

Blogging after Gawker - still not dead Members Public

Dave Winer reiterates his distinction between blogging and journalism [http://scripting.com/2016/08/25/reportersNeverUnderstoodBlogs.html], in the wake of Gawker’s end: > Blogs are what sources write, not what reporters write. An irreverent scandal sheet written by professional reporters is not a blog. The piece that triggered

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging