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Re: Tech blogging is only as boring as the feeds you read

gs — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:42:05 -0000

I think the mix here is great. It has me reading a few things I wouldn't have known otherwise, and as long as they stay interesting and in the minority, I think it's a nice spice.

Re: Tech blogging is only as boring as the feeds you read

gregorylent — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:03:53 -0000

more .. because i care :-)

mr. riley, too much stuff on one site, for inquisitr, in my opinion

i was in an art show a couple of weeks ago in a five star hotel in bangalore, and it was combined with a jewelry show ... result, a split audience, the jewelry lovers confused by the art, the art lovers confused by the jewelry, nobody from either genre sold anything ...

have you thought of doing this in two or three different sites? guess we could call that denton-style, as opposed to huffingtonpost-style, though that is primarily politics and not quite so confusing until you scroll down the page ...

i like your voice, and come here to read you, i have a more narrow interest area than what is available here, but i often cannot find you easily, or prominently ... so i actually follow you on friendfeed more than your bread and butter site!

Re: Tech blogging is only as boring as the feeds you read

gregorylent — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:54:12 -0000

i think we need more context reporting ... from someone who understands where all the new stuff is going, what it is for, how it fits into a larger human history than just today's techmeme stats

i read it for the voice, more than the content anyway .. i like the duncan and louis and robert and michael voices that permeate the active sites,

me-too is boring, the personal much less so ... heck on a slow news day i would rather read about the frustrated tech news sleuth in action than any thing that he/she might find

Re: Tech blogging is only as boring as the feeds you read

StevenHodson — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:11:20 -0000

Thanks for the kind words Duncan - from you they are high praise indeed and I truly appreciate it.

Re: Tech blogging is only as boring as the feeds you read

Duncan Riley — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:16:50 -0000

Louis, I probably should have mentioned RSSMeme and ReadBurner as well, two great ways of finding fresh content. I had Robert's feed, just added yours.

Re: Tech blogging is only as boring as the feeds you read

David Risley — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:15:44 -0000

This is just the evolution of the field. Its clear that it is easier to be another echo. It takes a lot more work to be original and when you find something good, do your part to lend attention to it.

Re: Tech blogging is only as boring as the feeds you read

Louis Gray — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:08:28 -0000

Duncan, it's clear we agree. I wish there was more focus on new reporting and new angles or new data, rather than making sure every big blog covered a single story. But I don't think Tech blogging is in trouble. It's fun! And there are a lot of new voices out there contributing. Beyond FriendFeed, some good options are reading RSSMeme and ReadBurner or individual shared link blogs like mine or Robert's.

Mine: http://www.google.com/reade...
Scoble's: http://www.google.com/reade...