I’ll bet these guys are setting an early example of what many people will do over the next decade or so.
Euan Semple responded a few days ago to Stuart Henshall’s declaration that he’s giving up traditional blogging.
Stuart’s initial post was thoughtful and for me “fit” with what I have come to sense of him … my perceptions … as an intensely social AND intensely pragmatic persona online. Social in the sense of entering some relationships that appeared present in a consistent way on his blog, and pragmatic in the sense of his analytic and systems-thinking analytic desconstructions of much of the core online, interconnected dynamics.
And his reasons seem very valid to me. Here’s where he’s going next.
Euan’s response gave a different slant to the purpose and process of blogging, of online sociality … at least that’s how I interpreted it.
As with many good blog posts, the concatenation of the two blog posts stimulated some great comments, some intense thought (to my eyes), and some movement through disclosure and a taking up of a newly instantiated (tho’ I’d say evolutionary) area of interest and activity for the two protagonists.
In either case, these two people (who have been actively blogging for the past two or more years, and have created substantial networks and profiles through their thought leadership) are revealing to us how core elements of the sociality of blogging and online collaboration will keep moving and flowing to more pointedly purposeful application, which will reflect the purpose and goals of the participants.
They have gained fluency and adeptness in this medium, and are now taking the next steps in moving the practice further along in terms of sociological depth and sophistication. They are able to choose and experiment with different forms of social software infrastructure, process and interactivity/online collaboration skills … and I’m anticipating it will be enjoyable and valuable to learn what their experiences will be.
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