Mixed Messages in The Blogging Landscape

There has been a lot of discussion recently about the changing face of the blogging landscape. On one hand many bloggers have turned to the likes of FriendFeed and Twitter to express themselves, instead of their blogs. On the other hand we have a group of professional blogs that are becoming more and more like 'old media'. But interestingly, in both cases, there are complaints about how 'social media' is failing them.Media in general has been undergoing a seachange ever since the Internet arrived on the scene in the 90's. But this year, 2008, that change has intensified. Everyone is racing to adopt and adapt to social media - the read/write web as some of us call it. But social media is not a panacea; in fact it produces just as many problems as solutions.2008: Jostling, ElbowingFor a few years now 'big media' companies have... [read full story]