CSSquirrel A look at web development and web design by Kyle Weems

Apparently blogs are over and done with. At least, Wired thinks so. Wait… what?

Jeffrey Zeldman would strongly disagree, and he just wrote a scathing critique of Wired’s editorial pronouncing blogs dead, and although his tone is definitely set to ‘acidic’, his points are right on.

I just want to quote the editorial’s misguided author, Paul Boutin:

@WiredReader: Kill yr blog. 2004 over. Google won’t find you. Too much cruft from HuffPo, NYT. Commenters are tards. C u on Facebook?

That’s what he’s proposing that we replace blog culture with. Seriously?

Look, I like Twitter. I understand it, even. But 140 character limit posts aren’t going to somehow supplant larger essays and diatribes on the human condition, the neatest gadget, politics, or cute puppies.

For better or worse, a social web where people have their own corner to vent at the universe is here to stay. And regardless of stupid commenters, stupider bloggers, and the fact that you probably won’t make millions writing about whatever interests you doesn’t mean that it’s time to hang up the typewriter and concentrate on SMSing your thoughts.

Besides, my thumbs are too big for me to type fast on handheld gadgets.

Tags: blogs, jeffrey zeldman, rants

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