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August 28, 2003

Self-Referential Blogging

My friend Jimmy Guterman writes in Business 2.0 — subscription required — that this whole bloggin' thang is overblown. Among his complaints is that

top-tier bloggers like Dan Gillmor, Dave Winer, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger are endlessly self-referential.

Self-referential? Moi?

I think it'd be more accurate to say that blogs are conversational.

Posted by D. Weinberger at August 28, 2003 11:51 AM


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Conversational. Yep. And there are a couple other problems with his argument. Where we are in the adoption lifecycle and the distinction between consumer and enterprise markets.

http://ross.typepad.com/blog/2003/08/blogs_for_what_.html

Posted by: Ross Mayfield | August 28, 2003 12:43 PM


You could always write about how your friends in the conversation write about you. That might be good.

Posted by: Tripp | August 28, 2003 02:03 PM


You are talking to yourself again, David.

Posted by: Camilo | August 29, 2003 01:54 AM


Had dinner with some old friends last night. What a pointless evening. The whole friendship thing is so overblown. It was so horribly self-referential.

Posted by: Jonathan Peterson | August 30, 2003 09:16 AM


As long as we're not self reverential.

Posted by: Phil Wolff | August 31, 2003 12:55 PM


Since I haven't blogged in a while and I will because this is what I am telling myself everyday I might just as well tell you that this is my telling you that I will be blogging soon. As you have just heard I have made a statement about that I will be blogging soon. I mean really soon, as soon as I get the blog set up so I can blog. This is me, marek j. That was my name I just mentioned. Thank you.
P.S. Hi David.

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