His criticism is more about what he sees as the blogosphere's negatives than about blogging in general. But I agree with it. There's immense pressure for peopl

His criticism is more about what he sees as the blogosphere's negatives than about blogging in general. But I agree with it. There's immense pressure for people, particularly newbies, to do the kind of blogging he's talking about. In effect it's become an expected part of "playing the game" in the medium. Of course you can ignore that. But you'll probably be ignored by the blogosphere. I never blogged because I felt the blogosphere expects articles like: Ten Things Corn Flakes Can Teach Your About Lisp Programming. I can't imagine talking to people that way. Does that really sound natural? To me it, regardless of how friendly or informally written, that make me sound like a one-man newspaper. Eck. I think a big part to the success of Paul's essays, is how his friends are the immediate audience. Newbie writer's usually don't have that. They have to build an audience from scratch. When I really think about it, what do I really want? Ultimately, I want communication and connection with a few passionate people who care about the same things I do. If I can just bounce ideas off them I'm satisfied. If my ideas hit mainstream, wonderful. I like blogging, But it feels likes it at the point where I'm "not allow" to use the the medium that way anymore.