The future of Weblogging

“The rise of Weblogging has been a cold shower for the complacent mass communication industries. Although the Weblogging pioneers are due much praise, their own rhetoric deserves examination, and they could also raise their sights higher. Nico Macdonald reports, and concludes with a radical proposal for the future of Weblogging.”

This weekend Dive Winer et al will schlepp their WiFi-enabled laptops to the Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass. to “celebrate the art and science of Weblogs” at BloggerCon II. They will be discussing users’ visions, the nature of journalism, presidential bloggers, blogging in business (and as a business), and ‘Shirky’s Power Law’… The Register