A hurricane in a drop of water
Is how MaxSpeak describes blogging in an interesting article. Max says that blogging isn't that important, noting that;"The drop of water analogy seems apt, when you consider that the greatest blogger of them all -- Glenn Reynolds -- is utterly unknown outside his and our small corner of the Web. I'd be amazed if one person in my office, an otherwise literate and informed group, had ever heard of him"
In Britain of course only bloggers have heard of Glenn Reynolds, which is not particularly surprising as I doubt very many people in Britain could name any American journalist. But even if there was a British Glenn Reynolds Max's point would hold.
Max;s conclusion is perhaps a little stronger than I would have put it,
"Many blogs, from both left and right, are full of interesting, well-informed intellectual discussions. But my view is that for something to really count, it has to be on paper. It's still not quite real otherwise"
but looking around my office I can't help but think he's probably right.
posted by Matthew @ 8/21/2003 08:57:00 PM
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