a poetic blog entitled: notes from a drowning made by flux labs who introduce themselves thus:
…flux is a design studio. the rest of our statement will appear after we decide whether to refer to ourselves in the first or third person. untill then have a look…
hmmm ok… and this is another one of their rather mysterious online offerings
hard to believe anyone would choose 123456, but it appears to be the most common choice out there…
interesting crowdsource project to commemorate jfk’s historic inaugural speech (via fontanel)
…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…
a pretty grim ‘google earth’ view of the devastation in brisbane, before and after the recent floods…
