Comments on: The Life Cycle of the Blog http://chrislott.org/story/the-life-cycle-of-the-blog/ Musings on education, techology, and life.. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:23:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Caroline http://chrislott.org/story/the-life-cycle-of-the-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-56540 Caroline Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:29:49 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2007/03/08/the-life-cycle-of-the-blog/#comment-56540 I'd say the lifespan of a blog is dependent on the subject and its relevance to its readers and its writer's motivation or monetary incentive!. We'll never be short of worthy narratives (I hope) so the potential is certainly there for an eternal blog! I’d say the lifespan of a blog is dependent on the subject and its relevance to its readers and its writer’s motivation or monetary incentive!. We’ll never be short of worthy narratives (I hope) so the potential is certainly there for an eternal blog!

]]> By: beau http://chrislott.org/story/the-life-cycle-of-the-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-52776 beau Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:07:21 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2007/03/08/the-life-cycle-of-the-blog/#comment-52776 A truly deathless thread. Tell me, Chris, exactly what _is_ "Art"? B^) We've been down that road before, eh? Lest you think me snide, I actually dropped by to eat a little crow. I emailed the other day, whining about how email lists and blogs give only the illusion of connectedness. But today I got "email" via a blog comment because one of my oldest friends couldn't find my email address...but has been commenting on the blog. Well, when I'm as wrong as this, on a matter about which I've been quite publicly and privately annoying, it seems the only honorable thing to do is say so. That you've provided, in the form of this particular post, such a thematically appropriate place for my confession is just one of those synchronous synergies for which we love the tech, eh? Anyway, the comment you quoted carries a clue to the difference between your view and Doug's. To Doug a blog is, apparently, a project. To the extent that a blog is a project, tied topically to a theme or activity (such as my repeal-aumf.org) then indeed it can run out of steam (or, as I hope is the case with repeal-aumf.org, go through cycles of activity.) But in its earliest incarnations web logs were more akin to a diary or journal. As with your moleskin, if the idea is to craft stories that wow ya, well, that runs dry. If it simply serves a lifetime habit of observing, self or others or environment, then it is limited only by our lives. It might also be described as a cart/horse issue: Do you write because it serves some project? Or do you create projects as vehicles for your writing? Substitute blog for write and I think we're in the ballpark. Peace. Looking forward to a cuppa w/ ya in a couple of weeks. A truly deathless thread. Tell me, Chris, exactly what _is_ “Art”? B^) We’ve been down that road before, eh?

Lest you think me snide, I actually dropped by to eat a little crow. I emailed the other day, whining about how email lists and blogs give only the illusion of connectedness. But today I got “email” via a blog comment because one of my oldest friends couldn’t find my email address…but has been commenting on the blog.

Well, when I’m as wrong as this, on a matter about which I’ve been quite publicly and privately annoying, it seems the only honorable thing to do is say so. That you’ve provided, in the form of this particular post, such a thematically appropriate place for my confession is just one of those synchronous synergies for which we love the tech, eh?

Anyway, the comment you quoted carries a clue to the difference between your view and Doug’s. To Doug a blog is, apparently, a project. To the extent that a blog is a project, tied topically to a theme or activity (such as my repeal-aumf.org) then indeed it can run out of steam (or, as I hope is the case with repeal-aumf.org, go through cycles of activity.) But in its earliest incarnations web logs were more akin to a diary or journal. As with your moleskin, if the idea is to craft stories that wow ya, well, that runs dry. If it simply serves a lifetime habit of observing, self or others or environment, then it is limited only by our lives. It might also be described as a cart/horse issue: Do you write because it serves some project? Or do you create projects as vehicles for your writing? Substitute blog for write and I think we’re in the ballpark.

Peace. Looking forward to a cuppa w/ ya in a couple of weeks.

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