Comments on: Taking the Linkbait about Blogging

By: Bonne nouvelle, le blogue est mort ! | Ze Laurent | Video Internet & Social Web Marketing

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:57:50 +0000

[...] En complément de ce sujet « Taking the Linkbait about Blogging» de Hugh McGuire. Related Posts:Twitter par ci, Twitter par là… pourquoi faire ?Twitter vs Blogue [...]

By: Conference Call 360 » #1 Rule For A Successful Blog

Conference Call 360 » #1 Rule For A Successful Blog — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:37:02 +0000

[...] from Hugh McGuire (LibriVox and The Book Oven). In the comments section of this Blog, Hugh said: "Don’t Blog to get known, Blog to be knowable." It’s not about Blogging with a tone of "look at me, look at me!" It’s about [...]

By: Ze Laurent

Ze Laurent — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:49:15 +0000

Bonne nouvelle, le blogue est mort !…

En rentrant de PodMtl hier soir, je vois ma femme attristée qui me sort «Ton Wired me dit que le blogue est mort. Que vais-je faire du mien ?». Wired n’est pas le premier à annoncer le dépassement du blogue, qui ne serait plus la saveur de l’a…

By: adriana

adriana — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:57:49 +0000

Hugh, we are on the same page.
It also explains why I am rubbish at writing short stories. Not enough space.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:04:51 +0000

It’s a question of what you are doing and why. If connecting with people is the objective, then Twitter, Identica, Facebook are great. If you have some larger reason for writing, then you need a larger space to do it.

By: adriana

adriana — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:09:03 +0000

Thank you for making this very valuable point.

Considering the amount of traffic I’ve managed to attract by offering Facebook status line suggestions, I have very little faith in the wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am value of Facebook or Twiiter.

Good blogging requires reflection and observations – two things that cannot be properly expressed through status lines or updates.