Now I’ve Got Blog!
About a week ago, I put We’ve Got Blog!, a collection of essays and journalistic pieces about weblogging next to my toilet and would reada little bit whenever the spirit and nature moved me. I finished it up this morning and must say, I’m inspired. While I’m not entirely sold on the idea that weblogging is a full blown revolution, it does appear that citizens are reading, writing, staying informed and commenting more than ever, four of my favorite things in the world. Media is shifting, ever so slightly from a solemn pronouncement to the noisy buzz of a crowded birthday party. Information hierarchies, while still in place, are trembling. How we choose to learn, to stay informed is becoming increasingly a personal choice and a social responsibility. And being up on things is also becoming cool.
I don’t think the world is about to be ruled by freaks and geeks, by cool-to-be-smart wankers like me and those I like to keep close. But I feel like there’s a larger space at the global cafeteria table than there was before.
*grinning*