Twitter ate my blog

Well not really. There wasn’t much to eat, anyway. I sat down and thought about why I had a blog in the first place, and it seems that a lot of them disappeared:

  • to have a blog: mission accomplished! no need to actually write anything
  • for telling people who care about what I’ve been up to: Twitter is simpler and therefore more likely of actually getting used
  • for sharing interesting links: Google Reader is better (and I don’t just say that because I work on it)
  • for narcissistic circle-jerking with fellow nerds: Facebook dominates that business and is popular with non-nerds (endless stalking opportunities!)
  • for posting pictures, it’s far easier to use Picasa
  • for unleashing unto the world results of applying my masterful word smithing to original, thought-provoking ideas backed by solid research and references.. uh, right, nevermind that one.

So, what’s changing? Not much, I guess: the blog stays, and I’ll probably be just as lazy in writing – I’ll just feel less guilty about it.

PS: Check out Friendfeed if you’re a stalker (hi M.!) and don’t want to click on the links above over and over again.

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