The feeling was back. That ugly creepy feeling I get up and down my spine when performing to an audience that just hasn't switched on.
Yesterday I found myself preaching the Blog Gospel. But I don't even understand why I was doing it. It wasn't a business pitch. In fact I was pitching other peoples software and infrastructure. I do this because I believe, or I'm addicted. Is there even a real difference?
And I've run out of metaphors.
I've tried to compare weblogs and blogging to everything from diaries to obituaries, none of the comparisons really holds up. Ofcourse it's just as hard to explain what smoking marijuana is like.
I promised these guys I would write up some 'blog lore' to help them understand what it can mean for their business, their employess, their customers and most importantly, themselves.
But I just can't do it. I remember 1993, trying to explain to MTV that the net was going to happen, they didn't believe me, had their own initiatives. Look at the 'official' MTV, then look at my mtv. I like mine better. Its honest, no smoke, no mirrors. Of course I don't have JLo either, but I'll get over it.
So here we are again, I know in my bones that Blogging is a major milestone for the web, media, journalism, communication and most importantly; people.
I find my weblog replacing my telephone more often. It is deeply rooted in my personal communications infrastructure among my family and friends. Just as the internet was when I was running a gopher server and soliciting email on-air in 1994.
The beauty of blogging saves me the humiliation of coming up emptyhanded. All I have to do is point to blogs and writing that encapsulates the weblog for me.
Andrew Sullivan: A Blogger Manifesto
The NY Times: "Is Weblog Technology Here to Stay or Just Another Fad?"
Adam Curry: Tune out, Switch on
Dave Winer: The History of Weblogs
Russ Lipton: What is Publish and Subscribe?
Links are the only true currency of the web.
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