Comments on: The Digerati vs The Left behind http://alexbrie.net/268/the-digerati-vs-the-left-behind/ de 5 ani bloghez despre existenta-mi banala, despre online, internet, proiecte si vise Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:21:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Alex http://alexbrie.net/268/the-digerati-vs-the-left-behind/#comment-307 Alex Thu, 12 May 2005 20:14:50 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=268#comment-307 You are probably right. Most of the “hip” bloggers are only here to fill the need of role models and “people to bitch about”.<br /> <br /> They may be bright, they may write interesting stuff, they may be really worth a reading. But the reasons they are read by millions instead of a couple of interested thousands are the same reasons why Britney Spears or .. LaToya Jackson(?) used to be popular: advertising and fashion.<br /> <br /> Nowadays, the trend is on blogging and bloggers. Tomorrow it will probably be on podcasters or videobloggers or pink-plastic shoes.<br /> <br /> Still, Seth’s essay isn’t quite about fashion but about learning: in order not to be left behind, you have to(willingly or not) step into the wagon. Maybe it will get crowded or it will get stuck into the mud. But for the moment it is a cool wagon and one you can learn quite a lot from…<br /> <br /> Enjoy the ride! You are probably right. Most of the “hip” bloggers are only here to fill the need of role models and “people to bitch about”.

They may be bright, they may write interesting stuff, they may be really worth a reading. But the reasons they are read by millions instead of a couple of interested thousands are the same reasons why Britney Spears or .. LaToya Jackson(?) used to be popular: advertising and fashion.

Nowadays, the trend is on blogging and bloggers. Tomorrow it will probably be on podcasters or videobloggers or pink-plastic shoes.

Still, Seth’s essay isn’t quite about fashion but about learning: in order not to be left behind, you have to(willingly or not) step into the wagon. Maybe it will get crowded or it will get stuck into the mud. But for the moment it is a cool wagon and one you can learn quite a lot from…

Enjoy the ride!

]]> By: mihai turcu http://alexbrie.net/268/the-digerati-vs-the-left-behind/#comment-306 mihai turcu Thu, 12 May 2005 17:51:06 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=268#comment-306 We’re still trying to convince ourselves that what we write in our blogs gets read by not only thousands, but millions, and that we will certainly change the world through blogging. The doctors would probably label it “manie de grandeur”, but is fancier to believe that the world turns around you and that you’re not only a geek who knows the difference between “+<ins>var” and “var</ins>+”. To put it in a simpler way, I’ve never read what shoes Scooble wears, but I know that Madonna used to be a big Puma fan (read it in a economic magazine). We’re still trying to convince ourselves that what we write in our blogs gets read by not only thousands, but millions, and that we will certainly change the world through blogging. The doctors would probably label it “manie de grandeur”, but is fancier to believe that the world turns around you and that you’re not only a geek who knows the difference between “+var” and “var+”. To put it in a simpler way, I’ve never read what shoes Scooble wears, but I know that Madonna used to be a big Puma fan (read it in a economic magazine).

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