Communicontent
Posted on Saturday, November 6th, 2004 10:36 AM
When I first introduce people to weblogging and give them advice on how to start, I usually tell them to just pretend they're writing an email to a bunch of friends. That's what I do when I get stuck in a rut as well - I just start by thinking about what I would write if I were just emailing some pals about something interesting, then I just put it in my weblog instead. Beyond just as a trick to getting a weblog written, I think this actually captures the essence of the medium itself. Weblogging is mostly about communicating with people first and encapsulating the data second. It's a form of information that I'm now dubbing "communicontent" - something sitting directly between direct communication, and static informational content.Let me explain why I think this is an important observation.
