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mathewingram.com - 10/21/2008
Blogs are so over, Wired magazine says
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Hey, didn’t you hear? Blogs are so 2004. They’re dead now, says Paul Boutin (who also writes for Valleywag) in a piece he wrote for Wired magazine. Here’s his argument (such as it is) in a nutshell: “The blogosphere, once a freshwater oasis of folksy self-expression ...
wired.com - 10/21/2008
Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004
— wired.com — Thinking about launching your own blog? Here's some friendly advice: Don't. And if you've already got one,... pull the plug. Writing a weblog today isn't the bright idea it was four years ago. The blogosphere, once a freshwater oasis of folksy ... (more) Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004

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twitter.com - 10/19/2008
Twitter / therealbritney
— twitter.com — Loader Twitter.com Profile_bird Hey there! therealbritney is using Twitter. Twitter is a free service that lets you... keep in touch with people using the web, your phone, or IM. Join today to start receiving therealbritney's updates. Already using ... (more) Twitter / therealbritney

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Don’t Hold Your Breath For The Facebook Android App
techcrunch.com - 10/23/2008
Don’t Hold Your Breath For The Facebook Android App
— techcrunch.com — The bad blood between Facebook and Google may go deeper than anyone has really realized to date.... The spat became public earlier this year when Facebook banned Google’s Friend Connect , theoretically over security issues (but really over ... (more) Don’t Hold Your Breath For The Facebook Android App

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Future of Blogging - Blogging is Changing For The Better - It’s About Collaboration
Furrier.org - John Furrier's Personal Blog — ... Paul Boutin wrote a post today saying that blogging is so 2004 using Jason Calacannis and Robert Scoble as proof points that it’s dead. Matthew Ingram slams Paul in his post here. Lets face it blogging is two things today 1) online magazine format and/or 2) collaborative blogging effort or platform. Paul’s argument talks about solo bloggers trying to compete with online magazines and the difficulty in competing with their volumes of posts. But Paul Boutin misses the point that the collaborative side of blogging is just as relevant as trying ...

Blogs Are So Over? LOLOLOL
SmoothSpan Blog — ... (in a blog for Wired Magazine), that blogging is over.  It’s so 2004.  Here is his version of what replaces blogging: “@WiredReader: Kill yr blog. 2004 over. Google won’t find you. Too much cruft from HuffPo, NYT. Commenters are tards. C u on Facebook?” Excellent.  Blogs are killed by Flickr (huh?), Twitter, and Facebook according to Boutin.  What a goof.  This is Sarah Lacey quality curmudgeoning, though not quite at the level of a Nick Carr. Mathew Ingram elegantly lambasts Boutin with the following hilarious sarcasm: So there you ...

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GMSV — ... clever thought, has been flooded by a tsunami of paid bilge. Cut-rate journalists and underground marketing campaigns now drown out the authentic voices of amateur wordsmiths. It’s almost impossible to get noticed, except by hecklers. And why bother? The time it takes to craft sharp, witty blog prose is better spent expressing yourself on Flickr, Facebook, or Twitter.” – Paul Boutin , who among other things blogs for Valleywag, casts his flamebait upon the waters and finds it returned tenfold . Share/Save/Bookmark

Being An MIT Dropout Doesn’t Save Boutin From Being An Idiot
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... funny thing is that this tiresome tirade is coming from the same slash and burn blogger that ValleyWag loved having on its payroll just because of those very comment trolls - talk about being facetious. This is the same blogger who perfected the one paragraph guillotine post and he talks about blogging as being tired and old. Maybe it’s the other way around - maybe Boutin is just getting tired and old. As Mathew Ingram wrote today on this I’m hoping that Boutin’s post took about the ...

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