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31 million

…there are about 31 million blogs in the United States, a number expected to swell to 34 million by the end of this year. But Mr. Harbison is part of a small but growing trend of blog quitters. Last year, the number of blogging teens and adults ages 18 to 33 declined, in the first reported drop in blogging, according to Pew Research Center data.
Some have simply switched to another blog-like medium, say, Twitter or Facebook. Others have faced unpleasant facts about blogging. It’s cheap to do but usually doesn’t pay. Having a platform may be fun at first, but building a following takes much more work than simply typing and posting…

something i have also regualrly considered recently: to quit blogging… i only started because it was fun, no matter how big the audience but the landscape is getting a bit too diffuse…

m / 23-01-2011 09:03 - tags: ,  

‘let’s press’ a video about…

m / 22-01-2011 11:50 - tags: ,  

best as in ‘clever’ or best as in ‘cool’?

semi-interesting discussion on the CR blog around the ‘best logo’ ever… bit of an old discussion but still worth following just to to see what forgotten stuff turns up in the comments thread, they are planning a special issue ion the subject in april in collaboration with the brand new blog, the NZ commonwealth one (above) was new to me…

the biggest omission for me and the one i would perhaps personally term the ‘best’, going on my own benchmark definition that i really ‘wish i had made it’ is… terry jones’ fabulous i-D magazine logo (see… so simple you can even type it in any font) and the cover executions featuring the genius ‘logo eye wink’, which has been consistently and brilliantly executed for decades now, yes i’m seriously jealous of this one…

m / 21-01-2011 10:22 - tags: , ,  

silver camera nominees

congrats to all of the nominees for the annual dutch zilveren camera portrait award, including a rather unusual one by the talented ‘joost van den broek’ of a dutch politician on his knees

m / 21-01-2011 09:22 - tags: ,  

housewarming

just a reminder that the latest schrank 8 by hansje van halem is opening this afternoon, she may well soon need a larger house judging by the ever increasing number of visitors her ‘living room shows’ are attracting

m / 21-01-2011 08:22 - tags: ,