Two things people seem to be doing...writing blogs or writing about writing blogs. See: Living in the Blog-osphere, A Nation of Bloggers and Googling by E-Mail (requires free registration). (for more info on blogging, see Mindboggling Blogging (from our first incarnation of elearnspace blog) or elearnspace - blogs.
What's the big deal?? Blogging is easy...and it's disruptive (must read article)...anyone can learn how to do it in minutes...and free hosting and software from sites like Blogger makes it even easier. Here's my prediction (it's very easy to make predictions when a trend is well underway!!..:)) - blogging will transform how people communicate...it will become absolutely huge. Company presidents, managers, teachers, professors, politicians (ok, I'm dreaming) will use this medium to connect with their audiences - communicating, clarifying, and sharing personal views - for the benefit of the company (or whatever organization).
Why is blogging going to be so big?...because it builds on the strengths of the Internet. Email, for example, is merely an extension of existing mail systems. As such, it is about bending a new medium to an existing process. Blogging is using a new medium for what it is good for - connecting and interacting.
Posted by gsiemens at August 22, 2002 11:07 PM