One of the sources I'm drawing on in developing my paper, tentatively titled "Bloggers Blogging Blogs: An examination of what it is, what it means, and why I think it's pretty freaking cool," is Scott Rosenberg's most excellent book, Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters
(Yes, I've added this link as a new Amazon Associate. Buy the book, and baby gets a new pair of shoes.)
Rosenberg's work is both rigorous and readable, just like the best blogs. Here's a small piece (pp 87-88) I want to share:
(Jesse James) Garrett describes the transition as one from a static to a dynamic form. "At first, if you were doing any kind of personal website, I think people approached it as a hobby like woodworking: you were going to craft this beautiful little object...When you crossed the threshold to (blogs), that represents our realization that this is a dynamic medium. It's not about pushing an object into the world, it's about opening a channel between yourself and the world."On second thought, maybe there is something about end of life in there.
