Blogs on Charlie Rose
I watched the special blogger episode of the Charlie Rose Show last night.
It featured Ana Marie Cox, Andrew Sullivan, Instapundit and Joe Trippi.
The one statement I thought was most interesting was that one of them said something to the effect that someone at the Times or whatever paper should plug their articles into Technorati and see what the blogosphere is saying back to them. Then make the immediate correction. You can turn a legion of adversaries into unpaid editors and fact checkers. Interesting thought, but it seemed to give more credence to whoever that person was that said that all the blogosphere is -- is a bunch of people linking to the New York Times.
One of the great things about the legal blogosphere is that we don't need to link to articles. We can link to raw decisions and report on how that decision effects prior cases and the future of things to come.
I think if anyone is going to really study the blogosphere you need to get away from the political blogs and look to where knowledge is being home brewed. You need the technologists, the doctors, the attorneys, the educators etc.
The smartest thing Reynolds said was that the the blogosphere is all about being an expert in your own little niche and finding your audience. That the success of a blog isn't measured in page views or links. That it's measured by how much the individual enjoys the pursuit.
Correcting Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan et al said the NY Times has no blogs. They do, they have David Pogue's Posts. But that's a technology related blog, so I'm not surprised none of them we're aware of it.
update: Here's the video.
It featured Ana Marie Cox, Andrew Sullivan, Instapundit and Joe Trippi.
The one statement I thought was most interesting was that one of them said something to the effect that someone at the Times or whatever paper should plug their articles into Technorati and see what the blogosphere is saying back to them. Then make the immediate correction. You can turn a legion of adversaries into unpaid editors and fact checkers. Interesting thought, but it seemed to give more credence to whoever that person was that said that all the blogosphere is -- is a bunch of people linking to the New York Times.
One of the great things about the legal blogosphere is that we don't need to link to articles. We can link to raw decisions and report on how that decision effects prior cases and the future of things to come.
I think if anyone is going to really study the blogosphere you need to get away from the political blogs and look to where knowledge is being home brewed. You need the technologists, the doctors, the attorneys, the educators etc.
The smartest thing Reynolds said was that the the blogosphere is all about being an expert in your own little niche and finding your audience. That the success of a blog isn't measured in page views or links. That it's measured by how much the individual enjoys the pursuit.
Correcting Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan et al said the NY Times has no blogs. They do, they have David Pogue's Posts. But that's a technology related blog, so I'm not surprised none of them we're aware of it.
update: Here's the video.
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