September 28, 2004

Finding a better metaphor

Christian Crumlish

I think Annalee Newitz is onto a better frame for blogging than the tired old media-pundit sliver in her Techsploitation column in the SF Bay Guardian: reality TV.

It seems in many ways as if our entire media culture is devoted to broadcasting ephemera. Blogs, like reality TV, record the minutiae of our everyday lives, offering lessons in everything from cooking and manners to patent law and sex. Blogs also record our everyday lives even when we intend them to reflect only information of the moment.
Posted by xian at September 28, 2004 11:41 AM
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Very good catch Xian. Do you recall we had breakfast that day with Annalee? Very astute observations in that piece. Thanks a lot!

Posted by: filchyboy at September 28, 2004 9:44 PM

I do indeed recall that brunch with pleasure. Annalee is very cool. I since saw her friend give a reading of a short story at a Watchword release party and enjoyed that quite a lot too. Still haven't sent in my subscription money for Other magazine, tho'.

Posted by: xian at October 1, 2004 1:56 PM
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