I'm hoping these are very cleverly ironic, rather than self-defeating.
You must be new here.;)
But seriously, you're right. Most people seem to be missing the fact that the blogs that annoy them don't detract from those people with good ideas that are using the internet to their advantage.
Most of what passes for 'creative' on the Web is actually just re-inventing the wheel, poorly. Taking desktop applications and putting an AJAX interface on them and running them on a web server.
I agree that not every idea on the web is creative, but I don't think that was the point of the article. I would hardly expect that someone putting an AJAX interface on a desktop application was considered, by the creators or the general public, creative.
I think the article is saying that now if someone does have a good idea, they have a better chance of getting it off the ground because of the internet's accessibility as a publishing medium to people with little or no capital.
It's a good thing, but it's not perfect. This article is looking at the good side of things, that's all.
It may be easier for the average guy to write his own song, blog, or whatever, but that doesn't mean that he is contributing to societal advance. Just because it is easier to distribute ideas doesn't mean that it is easier to come up with *good* ideas.
I agree that good ideas are not any easier to come up with just because the web is there, but I think the point is that now when someone has a good idea it's easier for them to try to do something with it.
I know what you mean about the average blog though. I started my own blog a few days ago (see sig) and I am making a conscious effort not to create another "Today I ate a sandwich" blog, to quote another poster in this thread. The good blogs pick a topic area and give people something of value within that field.
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I'm hoping these are very cleverly ironic, rather than self-defeating.
You must be new here. ;)
But seriously, you're right. Most people seem to be missing the fact that the blogs that annoy them don't detract from those people with good ideas that are using the internet to their advantage.
Most of what passes for 'creative' on the Web is actually just re-inventing the wheel, poorly. Taking desktop applications and putting an AJAX interface on them and running them on a web server.
I agree that not every idea on the web is creative, but I don't think that was the point of the article. I would hardly expect that someone putting an AJAX interface on a desktop application was considered, by the creators or the general public, creative.
I think the article is saying that now if someone does have a good idea, they have a better chance of getting it off the ground because of the internet's accessibility as a publishing medium to people with little or no capital.
It's a good thing, but it's not perfect. This article is looking at the good side of things, that's all.
It may be easier for the average guy to write his own song, blog, or whatever, but that doesn't mean that he is contributing to societal advance. Just because it is easier to distribute ideas doesn't mean that it is easier to come up with *good* ideas.
I agree that good ideas are not any easier to come up with just because the web is there, but I think the point is that now when someone has a good idea it's easier for them to try to do something with it.
I know what you mean about the average blog though. I started my own blog a few days ago (see sig) and I am making a conscious effort not to create another "Today I ate a sandwich" blog, to quote another poster in this thread. The good blogs pick a topic area and give people something of value within that field.