http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1382914,00.asp
The ever-spicy John Dvorak opines that blogs are already fading into the woodwork, citing the number of published blogs which are defunct, and suggesting that co-option by big media will doom blogs as an independent voice. One always warms to Dvorak, even when he is wrong, and I think he is here, for at least two reasons:
1) Filter blogs, like the one you are reading right now, are a useful resource, even if their readership is narrow and there isn't much feedback [Doesn't anyone out there like me?]; and
2) There are some famous and independent blogs which qualify as works of art in their own right, and the dedication their authors bring to them argue strongly for their continued survival.
I am not alone in my dissent, as the following articles indicate:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1393341,00.asp
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1394279,00.asp
Posted by jho at November 26, 2003 03:02 PM