http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/03/01/navel-gazing-within-the-blogosphere/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:04:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/03/01/navel-gazing-within-the-blogosphere/#comment-1171 Stuart MacDonald Thu, 02 Mar 2006 04:13:12 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1353#comment-1171 Amen, Brother. What I *love* about blogs is that people with passion speak about things they are passionate about. The whole blogging-about-talking-about-blogging crapolla is tiresome and serves to diminish the adoption of blogs in total as a legitimate media. I'd much rather read you, 'thew, Blodgie and Battelle, say, talking about your Things than navel gazing about the blogosphere. But then, that's just me :-) - Stuart Amen, Brother.
What I *love* about blogs is that people with passion speak about things they are passionate about. The whole blogging-about-talking-about-blogging crapolla is tiresome and serves to diminish the adoption of blogs in total as a legitimate media.
I'd much rather read you, 'thew, Blodgie and Battelle, say, talking about your Things than navel gazing about the blogosphere. But then, that's just me - Stuart

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/03/01/navel-gazing-within-the-blogosphere/#comment-1170 Rob Drimmie Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:48:38 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1353#comment-1170 "I believe another key component of the blogosphere's maturation has to be an end to the tremendous amount of navel-gazing and self-obsession happening." Navel-gazing and self-obsession have been fundamental to blogging since day one. It will never stop. It doesn't stop in other media, either. Newspapers, magazines, tv, all wonder about and talk about where they fit in, all go through periods of "Oh noes! Life as we know it is dead!" It's just a fundamental facet of being social creatures. Where do we fit in, what circle are we part of, can I get to the top? The A-list today that you're referring to looks absolutely nothing like the A-list of 6 months ago, and if you were to post your list of the top N most influential bloggers, it would be completely different than everyone else's. There's no single blogosphere, the word should be a plural. “I believe another key component of the blogosphere's maturation has to be an end to the tremendous amount of navel-gazing and self-obsession happening.”
Navel-gazing and self-obsession have been fundamental to blogging since day one. It will never stop. It doesn't stop in other media, either. Newspapers, magazines, tv, all wonder about and talk about where they fit in, all go through periods of “Oh noes! Life as we know it is dead!”
It's just a fundamental facet of being social creatures. Where do we fit in, what circle are we part of, can I get to the top? The A-list today that you're referring to looks absolutely nothing like the A-list of 6 months ago, and if you were to post your list of the top N most influential bloggers, it would be completely different than everyone else's.
There's no single blogosphere, the word should be a plural.

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/03/01/navel-gazing-within-the-blogosphere/#comment-1169 Mathew Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:59:14 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1353#comment-1169 I couldn't agree more, Mark. I guess I just love scrapping with Scott Karp and Nick Carr and people like that so much, I just can't help myself. Maybe Tris is right and we should set up some kind of twelve-step program for bloggers -- I would post more of a comment, but I have to check and see if I've moved up on memeorandum or not. I couldn't agree more, Mark. I guess I just love scrapping with Scott Karp and Nick Carr and people like that so much, I just can't help myself. Maybe Tris is right and we should set up some kind of twelve-step program for bloggers — I would post more of a comment, but I have to check and see if I've moved up on memeorandum or not.

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/03/01/navel-gazing-within-the-blogosphere/#comment-1168 Tris Hussey Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:08:39 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1353#comment-1168 Hear, hear! I agree and I've been feeling the same way. I think my posting has been way,way too insular. To me when I see 20 people commenting on the same thing on tech.memorandum ... those are the topics I just avoid like plague. Maybe we should have a buddy-group to smack each other upside the head if we catch each other navel gazing (too much ;-) ). Hear, hear! I agree and I've been feeling the same way. I think my posting has been way,way too insular.
To me when I see 20 people commenting on the same thing on tech.memorandum … those are the topics I just avoid like plague.
Maybe we should have a buddy-group to smack each other upside the head if we catch each other navel gazing (too much ).

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/03/01/navel-gazing-within-the-blogosphere/#comment-1167 Anonymous Wed, 01 Mar 2006 18:39:59 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1353#comment-1167 Megite doesn't maintain A-list. It can auto discover new blogs. So everybody has a chance to be included in the top news. Megite doesn't maintain A-list. It can auto discover new blogs. So everybody has a chance to be included in the top news.

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