Comments on: Attn ProBloggers: Mechanization best serves mediocrity

By: Ja

Ja — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 14:50:55 +0000

We are going to fill the web with white noise that will fall over all information just like ash

Wow, it’s been a long time since I heard something I believe phrased so elegantly. Beautiful prose, Jarkko. Can I quote you on those words at some point? I really do love it despite the sad truth of the matter.

Cheers,

Jā

By: Jarkko Aho

Jarkko Aho — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:28:14 +0000

Oh yeah, I forgot to say that mechanization is exactly why blogs are so popular. So easy and so standardized, just the right fuel for ordinary and average bloggers. We are going to fill the web with white noise that will fall over all information just like ash.

By: Jarkko Aho

Jarkko Aho — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:24:01 +0000

Fantastic! Your blog really shows emotion. I need to start putting this into my own blog. Analogy between hand-drawn and mechanical graph is flawless. You have one more regular reader in me.

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By: deepthought

deepthought — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 04:27:17 +0000

Furthering your intellect certainly isn’t done by trying to get clickthroughs while covering the tech beat (as many blogs do). The worst serve as cogs in the PR machine while the best critically examine issues and provide analysis. Cheers!

By: Steve Austin

Steve Austin — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 03:33:26 +0000

There are a considerable amount of blogs as you say that are of the cut and paste variety, this being purely for the adsense clicks and whatever income that can be gained from the readers that do participate.

On the other hand, originality take form by you spinning your version on any given situation even though the subject matter may have already been covered. It is this kind of debate that resolves issues and furthers ones intellect.

By: deepthought

deepthought — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:48:26 +0000

Its true, recycling content is very easy — look at all the mac fanboy sites! And the quotes, excellent! I hadn’t found those! First principles for blogging: enjoy it.

By: Ja

Ja — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:17:39 +0000

Just to refine the “Daily Links Posting” which you did say any kind of so this may be redundant:

In my mind that category includes people that regularly make posts pointing to news or posts elsewhere with little commentary or just commentary of little actual value. Some of the higher ranking bloggers do this routinely. I say unless you are an actual news source, have the readership of Slashdot, BoingBoing, Gizmodo, etc, your job is not to provide news of anything aside from really niche stuff that visitors actually come to you for.

FWIW, these are two of my favorite FLW quotes that could be applied to blogging and net technology in general:

“‘Think simple’ as my old master used to say. Meaning, reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles.”

“I would like to have a free architecture. Architecture that belonged where you see it standing — and is a grace to the landscape instead of a disgrace.”

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Blogging Goals - Readers Submissions Part II: ProBlogger Blog Tips — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:14:05 +0000

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