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I love the end: ”The entire … “pro blogging” industry … is predicated on the notion that blogging is a meaningful verb. It is not. The verb is writing. The form
by mustpax 18y ago
I love the end: ”The entire … “pro blogging” industry … is predicated on the notion that blogging is a meaningful verb. It is not. The verb is writing. The format and medium is new, but the craft is ancient.“
This is true, but note that Daring Fireball is one of the most masterfully executed blogs around. From the RSS feed to the the way John Gruber picks excerpts when linking, everything has a unique simplicity to it. For example, the RSS feed entry titles link to source articles, not the blog itself; how awesome is that? This kind of simplicity does not happen without painstaking attention to detail.
So maybe there's something to understanding and working with the medium as well. But that probably comes after you make you peace with the ancient craft.
- jballanc 18y agoI once asked a musically knowledgeable friend what he thought the modern equivalent to classical music would be. His reply was movie soundtracks: "After all, Operas were just the movies of the day back then..." Dickens wrote _Great Expectations_ originally in serial form. There's no rule stating that short story, column, or even serial writing is not as valid an art form as the novel or epic poem. Gruber seems to get this (and, as you point out, he really is one of the better bloggers in terms of form).