Linked Out: blogging, equality and the future is an article in Mindjack that addresses some of the issues around blogging: When did it become a phenomenon? (Blood’s Law of Weblog History) Is it an equalizer? (danah and Clay disagree; Joi gets hopeful)
Fun overview of some of the current discussions that i’ve been having, even it makes me cringe to be called an A-list blogger.
that article makes you sound pretentious.
What’s pretentious about being articulate about inequality? I didn’t *make* Danah Boyd sound like anything. She said what she said and what she says is powerful. Yes, I called her “a-list” … I did so because she is one of the most frequently cited bloggers around. I understand that it would make her shudder to be called this but I was trying to make the point that some of the more famous bloggers have a social conscience and Danah’s just happens to be one of the most interesting of all of them.
Blogging as (imaginary?) public correspondence
I’ve been reflecting on why / how I blog after reading this quote from danah boyd in the Linked Out: Blogging, Equality, and the Future article that I recently mentioned:
Blogging as (imaginary?) public correspondence
I’ve been reflecting on why / how I blog after reading this quote from danah boyd in the Linked Out: Blogging, Equality, and the Future article that I recently mentioned:
Blogging, Equality, and the Future
danah boyd pointed to this (with discomfort about A-list status), and I have learned in the echo here that there is something important to consider around perceived power relationships and people giving themselves the authority to speak. And beyond th…
great page…im sure i’ll come back…best regards
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