Lots of chatter about The Blogosphere 2.0, a post which has 7 bullet points:
- The A-List Doesn't Matter Anymore
- It's all about niche blogs
- Blogger Burn Out
- Reader burn out
- MSM yawns
- Huffington Post.
- Twitter and Facebook
Not much I'd disagree with in the generality. Multiple times that politics/general interest weblogs have linked to me it is noted that I'm a "specialist/technical weblog," but I really think everyone is focused on a specific area at this point. It's just that political and policy weblogs seem to think everyone has a general interest in their topic. Also, I do think the "A-List" matters a little more than the author of the above post, especially for new blogs who just aren't on anyone's radar.
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It's that time of year again. Nominations are open for the best medical blogging:
The winners of the 2006 Medical Weblog Awards have been announced at Medgadget.
I get a badge!
One of the great developments I'm seeing is the emergence of specialized weblogs that focus hard on a specific issue, and here's an example: the Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog.
I've always thought I just had a "blog about nothing", but the blogrolls that list mine tend to put it under "politics". I'd be tickled if I undeservedly got the "Quant" label at Sailer's. Changing norms to the point where checking the GSS/WVS was expected would be even better though.
I think either you or P. Z. Meyers noted that most of the content on ScienceBlogs (or at least the most heavily visited/commented) were more about politics than science. John Hawks holds himself out as an exception, but he doesn't allow commenting at his place.
I'm hanging out more on Facebook these days than on my blog. Makes 95% of what I like blogging for (swapping links, staying in touch, etc) about 10 times easier than blogging does. As for the other 5%? Hmm.