Blogs are not dead. Neither are they passe. Karine Joly wrote on collegewebeditor.com about the issue of blogs and whether they are, as Wired’s Paul Boutin said, dead.
No, they aren’t dead.
When I can have entire freshman classes (12 to 25 students) who don’t even know what the word blog means, then there is no reason to say that the time of blogs is over. And when I can use them to motivate students to write for themselves and for others, there is no reason to say that the usefulness of blogs has passed.
Because you are an early adopter of technology and new technology has come along is no reason to abandon an earlier technology whose usefulness continues. We have computers, but we still use books. (And I am glad for both.)
Imho blogs are to Twitter what ovens are to microwaves.
You may use a microwave a lot more, but you still have an oven and use it for substantial cooking. Who wants to throw cakes and cookies in the microwave? How about the Thanksgiving turkey?
Thanks for the mention.
I love the metaphor — it’s really a great way to describe the differences between blogs and Twitter.
I might use it (with credits to you) in the future.