New PR, say whhhhatt?
DMO has the feeling that this blog is turning into an obsession with Alex McNabb's 'column'. Well, this will be the last. I just wanted to point out to Mr. McNabb (oh and I know you're reading this), there is no such thing as New PR [registration required]. There is also nothing wrong with using the term 'blogosphere'. Expand your vocabulary.
The fact that blogs can influence mainstream media is nothing new. We've seen this in all the recent wars. We've also seen this in Apple's lawsuits against bloggers and other web portals. Because, really, blogs and news portals are not very different. You have to admit that personal diary style blogs are not exactly going to catch the attention of anyone but a small group of friends and relatives. With that out of the way, there really isn't much of a difference between the two.
How you ask? Well, let me educate you, Mr. McNabb. Blogs are simply put, news portals -- which have been around for a long long time now. Though the origins of blogging is claimed to date back to 1994, the truth of the matter is, it wasn't until Slashdot appeared on the scene that blogs started taking off.
Is slashdot a blog? Hardly, but it sure as hell looks like one. A blog is simply a sequence of posts listed in chronological order. That's it. What's so revolutionary there?
Alex is on thin ice here, talking about what he knows nothing about. Of course it is admirable how he concludes his piece by saying that he doesn't know anything. Ah.. at least he's an honest one in the lying bunch.
Honesty doesn't cut it, you have to know your shit.
The fact that blogs can influence mainstream media is nothing new. We've seen this in all the recent wars. We've also seen this in Apple's lawsuits against bloggers and other web portals. Because, really, blogs and news portals are not very different. You have to admit that personal diary style blogs are not exactly going to catch the attention of anyone but a small group of friends and relatives. With that out of the way, there really isn't much of a difference between the two.
How you ask? Well, let me educate you, Mr. McNabb. Blogs are simply put, news portals -- which have been around for a long long time now. Though the origins of blogging is claimed to date back to 1994, the truth of the matter is, it wasn't until Slashdot appeared on the scene that blogs started taking off.
Is slashdot a blog? Hardly, but it sure as hell looks like one. A blog is simply a sequence of posts listed in chronological order. That's it. What's so revolutionary there?
Alex is on thin ice here, talking about what he knows nothing about. Of course it is admirable how he concludes his piece by saying that he doesn't know anything. Ah.. at least he's an honest one in the lying bunch.
Honesty doesn't cut it, you have to know your shit.
posted by Dubai Media Observer at 2:59 PM
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