I read Say Everything on holiday (or, as it's knowingly capitalised 'say everything'). I really enjoyed it. Reminded me of the truths of blogging - the various stages of discovery, the joy of sharing, finding a community and/or an audience, disillusionment, despair etc etc. And particularly, how whenever you think you've had an epiphany about it, someone's had it before. Normally Anil Dash.
At one point Mr Rosenberg quotes Cory Doctorow's My Blog, My Outboard Brain at length and it really reminded me that this thing still has huge value for me, but it's value that needs to be fed.
It's such a part of what I do that sometimes I forget that I actually have to write it. That's why I made a really conscious effort to write something every day in June, and I managed it, and I got my habit back and it was fun. Then I got busy with work, went on holiday and it dried up again.
And I notice that other people are discovering/rediscovering/reinventing the value of their blogs. Like Mr Winer and Mr Kane. There's something powerful about the slow accretion of thinking, writing and conversation on a blog, something that's different and distinct from 'social networking'. I'm going to try and do more. Get the habit back. I think it's good for me. It may not be good for you, it may bore you senseless, but hey, it's not for you, it's for me.
