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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Is this Blog obsolete?

New social media seem to be making personal blogs and websites obsolete. For quick thought that one wants to share with the world, Twitter feels more appropriate. It gets pushed to friends, and broadcast to the world for anyone following a specific subject to see. For more private thoughts for friends only, Facebook is the place. For photographs - Flickr, Smugmug, Facebook, or any of dozens of photo sharing sites are more convenient.

Fragmentation across media is a problem - but it is being addressed by  platforms like TweetDeck, Seesmic, and the like.

So - why would anyone (including me) other than business or organizations continue to maintain a blog and a website?