Further to my earlier post about the ‘invisible’ rise of Asian blogging (‘invisible’ because not many of us Anglophones read Japanese, Korean or Chinese) here’s some (rather belatedly noticed by me) evidence from Joi Ito’s Web on Japan blogging stats: 72.5% of people have heard of blogs, up from 39% last year. 25% of women… Read More »
I love this piece by one of my favourite writers (and drivers) David Weinberger: JOHO – June 20, 2005 No, I’m not keeping up with your blog. I would like to. I really would. I like it and I like you. But we’re now well past the point where we can keep up with all… Read More »
Leafing through back issues of Henry Copeland’s Blogads weblog, I was amused to read this: Speaking of the bloggers versus journalists, I had an interesting conversation with a traditional publisher earlier this afternoon. He’d just spent a few days around a bunch of bloggers. He told me he was fascinated by the fact that bloggers… Read More »
John Dvorak has a go at tagging: To Tag or Not to Tag, That Is the Question Enter yet another more baffling attempt at tagging. This one is fascinating since it’s been gussied up with a new name, and for some unknown reason been given the blessing of a bunch of brain-dead bloggers. This is… Read More »
Nicholas Kristof did a great piece in yesterday’s NYT on blogging in China and its impact — death by a thousand blogs — on the government. But what’s particularly impressive is the multimedia package he’s put together for the piece. Check out the link on the left hand side of the page. It includes websites,… Read More »