Comments on: Because it’s easier than saying “Create your own interactive website where you write what you want”

By: Kemp Edmonds

Kemp Edmonds — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:16:55 +0000

Great Post Tris!

This is something I tell people all the time. The word ‘blog’ or ‘blogging’ is dead. Mainly, I say that because everyone has their own idea of what ‘blog’ or ‘blogging’ mean.

Some think of it as something for internet peops or techie folks. Some remember crappy blogs they used to read and get afraid of that.

A blog is a website.

Another word with similar issues these days is “Social Media”. These words have different meanings to each person and that is the real reason that the word ‘blog’ is dead. The word itself created a barrier to access for a large group of the population and it’s good to put it to rest.

I can see the tombstone:

RIP Blog: Your humble beginnings underscore how amazing you really were. Oh wait your not dead, you just got rid of you just changed your name. Smart.

By: Kemp Edmonds

Kemp Edmonds — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:16:00 +0000

Great Post Tris!

This is something I tell people all the time. The word ‘blog’ or ‘blogging’ is dead. Mainly, I say that because everyone has their own idea of what ‘blog’ or ‘blogging’ mean.

Some think of it as something for internet peops or techie folks. Some remember crappy blogs they used to read and get afraid of that.

A blog is a website.

I can see the tombstone:

RIP Blog: Your humble beginnings underscore how amazing you really were. Oh wait your not dead, you just got rid of you just changed your name. Smart.

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:52:26 +0000

Thank you Bob. Writing and publishing is only going to get better. I hope that we all can just keep doing that and not lose sight of things.
Am I a blogger?
Sure.
But I’m also a writer, author, teacher, photographer, dad, son, brother, friend, and fiancé.

Don’t worry Bob, what we’re doing now called blogging is going to keep on for a long time. I just hope we get a better name for it.

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:52:00 +0000

Don’t worry Bob, what we’re doing now called blogging is going to keep on for a long time. I just hope we get a better name for it.

By: Bob Gray

Bob Gray — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:35:03 +0000

I hope blogging isn’t dead… I’m a newby, and (somewhat) late to the party… but I hope not ! It’s allowing me to stretch the writing muscles that have lain dormant for too long !
Actually, a friend said to me the other day… “Why do you have a blog ? You already had a website !” and I replied that I hoped that by Blog would be interactive, where the website was more passive.
Thank you for your article, and I’m hoping to pick up a copy of your book soon !!!
Congrats !

By: Bob Gray

Bob Gray — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:35:00 +0000

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:11:23 +0000

I’m glad you liked it Matt. Yeah, we techies are a fickle bunch. Funny thing is, scratch the surface and a lot of are still using the tools that might be “old hat”, but work great.

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:11:00 +0000

I’m glad you liked it Matt. Yeah, we techies are a fickle bunch. Funny thing is, scratch the surface and a lot of are still using the tools that might be “old hat”, but work great.

By: Matt Baril

Matt Baril — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:09:55 +0000

Hi Tris!
It’s interesting, I was reading this:
“a blog took on some kind of mystical quality that if you had one all your marketing problems would be over. With a blog, anything was possible.”

You could change blog by Twitter and change past tense for present tense and it works too! It seems every time Internet comes up with a new communication tool we, people and businesses, overeact thinking it will change everything and then over a couple of years the hype dies down and then we discredit the power of these same tools. That mindset reminds me a lot of the tech bubble. Often times the real value of such tools is somewhere in the middle. I do believe blogs are underestimated now and Twitter, and Social Media in general for that matter, might just be the reason.

I started to be much more serious about bloggging few weeks ago and while I’m still not very good at it I deeply enjoy it. I follow many more blogs and i’ve been learning much more than expected.

Thanks for your article!

By: Matt Baril

Matt Baril — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:09:00 +0000

Hi Tris!
It’s interesting, I was reading this:
“a blog took on some kind of mystical quality that if you had one all your marketing problems would be over. With a blog, anything was possible.”

I started to be much more serious about bloggging few weeks ago and while I’m still not very good at it I deeply enjoy it. I follow many more blogs and i’ve been learning much more than expected.

Thanks for your article!

By: Matt Baril

Matt Baril — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:08:42 +0000

Hi Tris!
It’s interesting, I was reading this:
“a blog took on some kind of mystical quality that if you had one all your marketing problems would be over. With a blog, anything was possible.”

I started to be much more serious about bloggging few weeks ago and while I’m still not very good at it I deeply enjoy it. I follow many more blogs and i’ve been learning much more than expected.

Thanks for your article!

By: Matt Baril

Matt Baril — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:08:00 +0000

Hi Tris!
It’s interesting, I was reading this:
“a blog took on some kind of mystical quality that if you had one all your marketing problems would be over. With a blog, anything was possible.”

I started to be much more serious about bloggging few weeks ago and while I’m still not very good at it I deeply enjoy it. I follow many more blogs and i’ve been learning much more than expected.

Thanks for your article!