Technology journalist Frank Catalano is shutting down his Random Bytes blog after a year. Why?
The answers lie in what he calls “two dirty little secrets”: it takes an awful lot of time, and odds are very few people are reading.
Category Archives: Weblogs
Blogging Towards Freedom
Although the recent “free” elections in Iran – which saw an overwhelming victory for fundamentalists – disheartened many Western observers, the Internet, and a blogging revolution, are quickly becoming the most successful route around oppression.
Read Luke Thomas’ thoughtful essay in today’s Salon online magazine.
E-Media Tidbits points you towards three Iranian blogs, the most interesting of which is Hossein Derakhshan’s Canadian-based, dual English language / Persian weblog, which looks to become a one-stop weblog resource on Iran. Check out Lady Sun and the Eyeranian, as well.
Blogging While Anti-Black
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At Alternet.org, Brooklyn-based writer John Lee comments on the indulgent casual racism readers will find, he suggests, in two of the blogs listed on this site (under Weblogs, U.S., to your right), Wonkette and Gawker.
What’s Up With Blogging?
Dan Farber, Editor-In-Chief of ZDNet, Ziff-Davis’ online presence, discusses writings, ramblings, diaries, rants, political advocacy, research and the art of the new blogging revolution (“the most significant democratizing force since the rise of the Internet itself”) in his latest column for ZDNet.