#70: Blogs share too much nonsense
Back in November I said that the path is from data to information to knowledge. I pointed out that information, when widely and freely available, does not automatically lead to knowledge. It just leads to more information, more widely and freely available.
Here is some information to support my point: Blog tracking firm Technorati reported in November that one-hundred-thousand new blogs were being created every day. According to the research firm Gartner, blogging is set to peak during the middle of 2007, when the number of blogs will level out at about one-hundred-million.
The problem lies with the contents, not with the concept: blogs share too much nonsense. Far too much information converted into a little knowledge means that wisdom remains in short supply. But there is hope for wisdom: According to Gartner, two-hundred-million people have already stopped writing blogs. Maybe I should join them.
I’m james@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2007 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio, 88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA.
Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
Here is some information to support my point: Blog tracking firm Technorati reported in November that one-hundred-thousand new blogs were being created every day. According to the research firm Gartner, blogging is set to peak during the middle of 2007, when the number of blogs will level out at about one-hundred-million.
The problem lies with the contents, not with the concept: blogs share too much nonsense. Far too much information converted into a little knowledge means that wisdom remains in short supply. But there is hope for wisdom: According to Gartner, two-hundred-million people have already stopped writing blogs. Maybe I should join them.
I’m james@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2007 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio, 88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA.
Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
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