Darren Daz Cox, now in Pekin Illinois!
The future of blogging?
Brian Clark asked the question "Where do you think blogging is going?".
Forgetting the spam and shop blogs and concentrating on the personal blogs, I see a future with polished, web 2.0 savvy but generally passionless blogs.
I currently see a trend happening where bloggers offer little personal opinion on what they post. The posts frequently show this new breed of blogger is hip to what information is current but these blogs often simply invite you to go read or watch someone elses stuff. One blogger invited me to visit the site of a musician without even saying that he enjoyed the music!
Bloggers are becoming timid as they try to cater to a possible audience rather than catering to a specific group. Will they lose a reader if they mention that they like a hiphop group? Will they look foolish if they wax poetic over a videogame they used to love?
Will they be passed over for that promotion by writing what they really think about the latest company decision? Perhaps social networking is drying up the brutal honesty and associated humor that semi-anonymity once offered.
I see personal blogging being used more and more as a real-time resume rather than as a diary or sketchbook. Sure, we don’t care if you blogged your new haircut but at least you wrote something honest. Now your former ‘haircut blog’ is carefully manipulated to show yourself off, gotta mention your awards, name drop and look like management material or project confidence to investors.
Now that your boss and co-workers can find your blog, your personal opinions will be as politically correct and bland as the polite conversation you make outside of the circle of friends who really do know you.
Prove me wrong…
Maddox wrote this..
Blogging: If minds had anuses, blogging would be what your mind would do when it had to take a dump.
That’s actually a good thing. Dreaming can be described as your subconcious taking a dump and dreaming is essential to good health. Taking a healthy writing dump might just be the thing to keep you creative. I find it funny that there are ‘creativity consultants’ and books on ‘how to be creative’ for professionals. Just blog something, anything, write your honest opinion on something and then try to tie it into something else, viola instant creativity exercise that anyone with a college education should be able to do.
~Butter Heart Love – digital art by Darren Daz Cox~
Originally posted 2008-01-24 00:28:43. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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January 24th, 2008 at 2:42 am
What a wonderful blog you have here, Darren! Honest, original and outspoken – certainly no-one could accuse you of slipping into the bland, passionless future of blogging you predict. I’ve just subscribed, so I’m sure I’ll be back often. Thank you for leaving the comment on my blog, which led me here!
January 24th, 2008 at 2:52 am
thanks Amy, I found your blog from a comment you posted on another blog btw
January 18th, 2009 at 2:41 am
The Butter Heart is lovely….it just melts across the screen.
And by the way, I think you are right. The heart and soul of a blog is its courage to take a stand – and share it. Keep up the good work!
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