Comments on: Tech Blogging: In Defense Of Slowing Down

By: vtvera

vtvera — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:33:14 +0000

Each to his own but remember

one man’s crap is another man’s caviar

By: billy bob

billy bob — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:24:42 +0000

wise words superpaulia

What about global warming?

By: superpaulia

superpaulia — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:37:06 +0000

dead right

we live in a world of 24 hour non stop media and everybody is searching for things to say

it causes so much panic e.g. millenium bug, CJD, asian flu, credit crunch etc

all so unnecessary

By: xBox live

xBox live — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:02:13 +0000

At the end of the day, people are going to blog as much as they to, to become the “best” and “newest” blog.

There are tens of thousands of blogs around, most posting about similar things, and the only real way to distinguish which are quality, is by searching google news.

However, even google news can throw up some fairly low key and worthless blogs, and I expect it’s just going to get worse.

By: Ps3

Ps3 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:20:55 +0000

Lol its not a rumor in any way i am sure you guys would know about it by now.
Its been quiet some time since more than than a million people found.

By: webomatica

webomatica — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:35:45 +0000

@Mark, yeah, I do think the pressure to keep posting, keep up with the rumors is very high. My thoughts about slowing down is more directed toward the bloggers in the “B-list” — the independent ones, of which I’m a part, who don’t break news but provide speculation, and often end up in that “cloud” just below the breaking story.

There is a tricky balance between posting fast and quality. At one end is a blog that posts 50 times a day with pictures of LOLcats and the other are those that slow down, post once a week, and really pack their posts with tons of content. I’m constantly feeling nudged to the latter.

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:30:22 +0000

In theory, bloggers should slow down but the competition, particularly among the mega-tech blogs such as TechCrunch, GigaOm, ReadWriteWeb, Mashable, etc. — make it extremely difficult for them to delay hitting the publish button. In particular, TechCrunch has embraced the notion of being first and having exclusives, which can be both its strength and weakness.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:14:13 +0000

I think you missed one point, he didn’t say you should sack people who didn’t work hard, he said you should sack people who want balance. You can work bloody hard and still have a balance life, “workaholics” can actually be less effective than someone who works hard but maintains a balanced lifestyle (read the 37signals post). The comment that wanting balance means you should work at starbucks is insulting to anyone who has a family or who doesn’t want to do an Om Malik and end up having a heart attack from working too hard.

By: Louis Gray

Louis Gray — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:39:33 +0000

Of course this is right. That’s why I swore off news-chasing a long time ago. And it’s clear to those of us who watch what the difference is between those who make the news and those who follow. Unfortunately, some of the more influential and louder folks are in this category, so saying who I think they are would be a bad idea. But … we know.