What’s Going on in Tech?
I just got off the phone with my friend Chris and we talked about how we hardly blog anymore. Also about how nothing seems that exciting in tech lately. It’s mostly about Google and the iPhone over and over. Are we just cynical or have things quieted down considerably?
My take is when something is new and beginning it has a certain romance about it that is alluring. The charisma pulls you in. You’re willing to make sacrifices (go for longer periods of time without sleep or eating) and spend a lot of your time thinking about the Internet, web 2.0, your blog posts. I used to really track my numbers and have regular conversations on the phone about who said what, how many reads, the comments we got.
But later you reach a different stage - maintenance. Things are more old hat. You go to work, you come home and it’s possible you don’t get online (at least not for hours). We’ve noticed we have less to blog about and the community feeling has faded. Bart, who sits next to me chimed in that he blogs less too. I’m not saying that blogging is a waste or that it doesn’t work (it certainly does), it’s just not as exciting as it once was. The news in the tech world seems to be the same.
What have you noticed - are you still blogging as much? Is it the economy (we’re all working hard rather than talking)? Are we burned out? Or is this just a natural evolution?
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August 5th, 2008 at 11:01 am
I follow the techcrunch blog (http://www.techcrunch.com). They always seem to be talking about something interesting going on in the tech world.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
I’m blogging more than ever… but it’s mostly because my life is never dull. I guess if my main source of blog topics was telephones, I’d run out of things to say as well.
August 5th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
I hardly blog at all anymore.