I’ve a confession to make. I’m not all that good with, or knowledgeable about, computers. But because I work in IT I think people expect me to be. I’m good with html and css and web browsers and all the things I profess to know about. It’s just the actual hardware involved that stumps me.
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I’ve noticed a lot of so called celebrities/media types/pains-in-the-arses are making derogatory comments about bloggers and blogging.
Take Jane Street-Porter, who recently slagged off bloggers in her Independent on Sunday column. Her main gist was that people who blog have nothing interesting to say, and clog up the internet with their own inane and worthless view of the world. Anyone is entitled to their own opinion, but what annoys me is that Janet Street-Porter clogs up the pages of the Independent with her own inane and worthless view of the world. And she’s paid to do it.
Take Chris Moyles, the Radio 1 DJ, who lazily slags off blogs on his morning show. Apparently Mr Moyles had a blog, or something or other on MySpace, but “couldn’t be arsed” to keep it up to date. He’s now gone on to laugh at a blog started by a friend/colleague of his because it’s all basically “shite”. What annoys me is that Chris Moyles is paid to talk shite on a daily basis.
Over on Radio 2, Chris Evans had to bring somebody into the studio to talk about blogs and explain to him how to set one up. I got the impression that ‘Sally Traffic’, the lady who reads out the traffic jams and enjoys flirting with all of the Radio 2 DJs with the exception of Ken Bruce, found the whole thing rather silly indeed.
Anyway, I’ve always failed to accept the argument that many blogs are worthless because they are the lives of ‘ordinary’ people who we couldn’t possibly be interested in. This argument is often supported wholeheartedly by people who buy The Guardian every Saturday to read the countless columns from people I have never heard of and have no interest in. Columns about:
According to Technorati, 75,000 new blogs are created daily, which is on average a new blog for every second of every day. Hundreds of blogs will be started before I finish writing this post. I’d suspected figures as crazy as this, but until now hadn’t bothered to check them out. Also according to Technorati, the Blogosphere is now 60 times larger than it was three years ago. It’s doubling every six months.
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