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Are In-Depth Articles Better Than Blog Postings?
athloi writes to tell us usability expert Jakob Nielsen is stressing the importance of well-thought-out articles as opposed to off-the-cuff blog postings. "Blog postings will always be commodity content: there's a limit to the value you can provide with a short comment on somebody else's comments. Such postings are good for generating controversy and short-term traffic, and they're definitely easy to write. But they don't build sustainable value. Think of how disappointing it feels when you're searching for something and get directed to short postings in the middle of a debate that occurred years before, and is thus irrelevant."
Yes.
We now have confirmed reports from an informed Orange County minister that Ethel is still an active communist.
but I didn't read the article.
No
A lifetime of TV has made it impossible for me to concentrate on any one thing for too long, so blog posts are definitel
My in depth analysis would be: possibily but not necessarily.
If brevity is the soul of wit, then how does one explain Twitter?
and thank GOD that somebody invented slashdot so that people could spam their blogs in the comments!!
NewslilySocial News. No lolcats allowed.
There are huge advantages to popular blogs and social news sites. For instance Slashdot can:
- Provide commentary by famous people like Wil Wheaton and... well, just Wheaton, really.
- Melt unsuspecting servers into slag
- Ruin the ending to the next Harry Potter book (bastards.)
- Display your news in borders of your favorite color or pink
- Make you laugh at cooking/AIDS jokes
- Determine whether something could, in fact, run Linux
Too long, didn't read
Well, back to rejecting software patent applications.
Posted by DoofusOfDeath, 6:24 a.m:
Today I woke up and had some coffee. It was gross - they used that artificial creamer that they get cheap from SysCo.
Took a shower. Nothing eventful. I'm getting back hair in new places. Yuck.
Decided that in depth articles SUCK!
OK, time for breakfast - I think I'll have a bagel.
Comments:
1) By HoosierFan2006, 6:40 a.m.:
I just wish my hair would come back! LOL!
2) By Canonball25532, 6:51 a.m.:
No, in depth articles rock. You're an idiot.
3) By CatLover, 6:53 a.m.:
Anyone know where I can get a discount air conditioner? It's *hot* this week!
He said: maybe
But Muffins was the first cat on the moon!
AND went on to become SeCATary of State, then fucked it up so badly they hung his tail from a plaque as a warning to others. It was a real cat-ass-trophy.
I... I can't believe I actually signed my name to that.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
A short comment on a full article talking about how full articles are better than short comments on full articles...
I CANT TAKE IT!! ITS TOO META!!
Come read my stupid blagablog. Rants and Giggles
There exist in-depth well researched blogs.
There exist crappy, shallow articles.
What are we linking to here, again?
You averaged 2.2 posts over the past 11 articles: You are your own .sig!
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How do you think I came up with it in the first place?
The article was a good demonstration on how much crap can be in an article. He makes up statistics, links to himself as an authority, and generally ignores a decent academic style of thought and reference. Did I mention he generally just makes up shit? Jeez, it's worse than TV commercials, at least there you expect fluff. In an article, you expect better.
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There have been discussions in the Oracle space about why there aren't any good Oracle blogs. Well, there are a few. They generally have useful examples of how to actually do stuff, rather than blowhard opinions. (google Jonathan Lewis blog for an example of how to do a technical blog right).
Personally, I think there are uses for usenet, BBS style fora, blogs, wikis, in-depth articles, and the traditional modes of communication. Stupidity ensues when people try to inappropriately enforce the rules for one communication medium in another. (And sometimes the converse, http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messa
Oracle and unix guy.
This posting is good for generating controversy and short-term traffic, and was definitely easy to write. But it doesn't build sustainable value.
Making puns that bad should be a feline-y.
Not signing my name to this.
Best be careful. Puns such as this could become a CATalyst and ignite a stream of less than purrfect replies, rendering the majority of the readers CATatonic.