May 2002. Blogging has appeared on the map. #wiredarchive 
@sullydish, May 2002,
“this is democratic journalism at its purest. Eventually you can envision a world in which most successful writers will use the medium as a form of self-declared independence.”
“this is democratic journalism at its purest. Eventually you can envision a world in which most successful writers will use the medium as a form of self-declared independence.”
The rise and fall of the blogosphere holds some vital lessons about tech and society. (I’ll be writing a long piece on this topic in late summer/early fall.)
You can read this initial piece alongside his ‘08 “why I blog” and his ‘15 departure from blogging to see the arc.
You can read this initial piece alongside his ‘08 “why I blog” and his ‘15 departure from blogging to see the arc.
In short, I think the crucial lesson here is that we couldn’t see in 02 how the economics of blogging would develop, or how existing industries would respond and react.
That’s systematic. It’s the blank space when we try to peak around the corner at the future unfolding.
That’s systematic. It’s the blank space when we try to peak around the corner at the future unfolding.
Blogging changed journalism. And then journalism changed blogging. But, along the way, digital advertising changed both.
