before reading the article I was already extremely familiar with Digg. not only is it a great news source but it was an idea that somebody thought of which costs next to nothing to create, and as the economist states--its now worth about 200 million. pretty crazy.
as i'm already particularly familiar with digg.com i think i'm going to venture off topic and talk about the future. smart mobs brings up the future and how within two minutes somebody who was walking in NYC got a message on their cell phone that the first sept. 11 plane had hit. is this the future? NOT ANYMORE!
so these days we vote on the news everybody reads (pretty democratic), many of us carry our lives in our pockets with our PDAs and Blackberrys....email, telephone, web browsing, chatting, instant messaging, phone book, you name it...possibilities with technology are endless. so this brings me to my question-what's next? Sure there's going to be better websites which start popping out of your computer screen, and make food for you, but as far as computer technology, what will we be able to do with out computers in 20 years?
So far in this class we have already shown how these days you can:
- Vote on the news
-Control your life with your PDA
-Reach millions of people with a blog
-Market a product with a blog
-Find user reviews and best prices on products (with a blog too!)
while i was thinking about what capabilities we now have just as a result of blogs I went online and looked to find an article about the future of blogging. Though the article is entitled "The Future of the Blog" it doesn't directly answer that question. However, after reading this article from Business Week it is interesting to hear about the beginning of blogging as well as the challenges blog hosts face, the myths of blogging, their design issues, and most importantly, how bloggs effect societal views. If you have a minute check it out.
As I conclude, please provide me with how YOU THINK blogs of the future will differ from...this very blog or those viewed today?
....to get you thinking maybe the ability for a user to upload songs and movie clips using this simplistic blogger?
PLEASE COMMENT and let me know what you think!
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After reading your blog and business week online, I thought about the form of future blogs... I must say I agree with the article that online sources such as digg.com would not replace the journalism but only provides "more personal voice" on professional articles.
However, as article states, it is very possible that future blog starts adding assets such as songs, videos and photos. Then, future blogs would not only exchange the information but possibly becomes market...
Alex,
There's an article in PC Magazine (or it may be some similar tech publication...) about the future of blogging. The main point of the article is that we're currently in a blogging "bubble"; industry analysts believe it will peak in 2007 and then decline. The main findings stated this is because most of the topics/issue areas will already be covered, and general blogs will become oversaturated. It's like blogging darwinism-- the best will remain and all of the mediocre blogs will die out. Not everyone agrees with this though-- some believe that blogs are here to stay, in one form or another, because people have always engaged in user-enabled content-- from ascii drawings on bb systems to livejournals to blogs to mashups.. Only time will tell what the future of blogging is-- it is possible though that another technology emerges and blogs go the way of xangas..
I thought your blog was interesting. It is pretty amazing how technology changes our daily lives and the way in which we interact with each other. I have mixed feelings about digg. While it seems interesting, I don't think the content of the site is representative of any of the important information people shoudl be receiving from news sources. I would agree with the assessment that digg has become a source of entertainment and not news.
Ryan
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