The key layers to my Information Stack are :
- Blogs
- QA Forums
- Social Posting ( Reddit / SlashDot / Digg etc )
I was going to blog about each of these, but for now I will just stick to talking about blogs today ( so this does not become one of the killer post from Stevey's Blog Rants, which he will tell you is why his blog is so popular, so perhaps a mistake :-) )
Blogs
When I first found out about blogs , I thought that they would be interesting, but really how much value can you get out of one person. Surely you run the risk of being swayed too much by just the opinion of a single person, and get a horribly distorted view of the world. Then to balance that you need to listen to many other blogs on the same subject to remain objective and informed.
So potentially not a reliable source of information.
Experiencing it however, it is quite different indeed. The difference is in a large part attributed to the ideology of the author; when the author knows their blog is not about them, but rather about the tribe that is following them. In which case the become a very powerful conjugate of valuable information.
Typically blog writers are themselves very avid blog readers, and as such you are getting a huge range of views and ideas melded into a single stream of thought. At the same time you are likely reading many of the same things, or at least being exposed to the same field of information. There is huge power in the ability to have someone voice an opinion on something you may have an opinion on. It forces you to think about what you understand.
Bloggers also tend to be very honest, not just about speaking their mind, but also about linking to people who totally disagree with them, because they know that it is not about them being right it is about them having a view and sharing it, and exposing the other view. Blogging ( tends not to be ) proud. Arrogant yes, but don’t we all love that just a bit!
I think that is why reading blogs really pushes you into blogging too. It grows and helps to shape opinions.
1 comments:
Clearly it has pushed you into blogging, which is good for us readers! I like blogs because (unlike a book for example) they are a push mechanism for me. That unread count haunts me, and forces me to read content I might otherwise have skipped over for a good (fiction) novel - which i would generally have forgotten in a months time. Are you going to include Books in your stack?
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