Lately I’ve been looking for more great blogs to read, and I’ve found a surprising lack of correlation between the blogs whose content I love and the blogs that have tons of readership. In a just world, you’d think, the best content would get the most readership, right? (Accounting for taste, of course.)
Chuck Westbrook is doing his part to make the blogosphere a better place. (: He’s proposing what is basically a book club for blogs: a few interested readers get together and read a different blog together for a couple of weeks each. I’m happy that he proposed a connection paradigm solution to the problem, getting people together in a community and talking to each other, instead of a technical Web-2.0 “vote and tag” type of solution. It sounds like fun to me — I’m in!
Also, thanks to Jen Louden for letting me know about it!
Have you read the Connection Manifesto? It tells the story of why there is so much hurt and sadness in the world, and how we can heal through connection.
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Um. Cool. I’m in, too.
Huh!! Neat!
Pace: I need to look into this idea, and get myself from under the “Firewall of Doom” at work :-).
I posted Part II of my review of Steve Pavlina’s book: You can be the first person to read it…Steve has not linked to it yet.
I hope you like it!
Jeff
(i) inspired by http://paceandkyeli.com : When the healthiest foods are the most eaten, the greatest blogs will have the most readers. (Accounting for taste, of course.)
How does covering a great niche and being loved (or missed) for it compare to a popularity contest on Google or another “verifyably neutral” platform?
CoCreatr: I like that quote very much.
I think a niche is the way to go, but even in the topics I’m interested in (communication, relationships, personal development) there are several wonderful blogs it has taken me far too long to find, and I’m sure there are more diamonds out there in the rough internet still waiting!
Yooper: Read your review, liked it very much! I’ll be sure to vote for it on Squidoo as soon as Steve links to it. I think it’s great that you make your review personal and tell how it’s affecting your life. I’m cheering for you!