Comments on: Blogging May Change the Future of Publishing http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/28/blogging-may-change-the-future-of-publishing/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anne Helmond http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/28/blogging-may-change-the-future-of-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-337101 Anne Helmond Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:08:39 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/28/blogging-may-change-the-future-of-publishing/#comment-337101 Oryx Orange: Your comment reminds me of Andrew Keen on user-generated content, including blogs. He talks about the blurring line between truth and trust and how millions and millions of blogs are obfuscating truth. It's an interesting viewpoint on blogs, not that it is a necessarily a good thing that we now have thousands of different viewpoints on matters. Collaborative knowledge does not necessarily lead to truth, it might also move truth to the background. But if we see truth as something that is constructed collaboratively than the blogosphere may be shaping facts differently. @Cheryl: Thanks for sharing more links on the topic of "blooks" - blog books. It is interesting to see how blogs influence the publishing process and vice versa. Oryx Orange: Your comment reminds me of Andrew Keen on user-generated content, including blogs. He talks about the blurring line between truth and trust and how millions and millions of blogs are obfuscating truth. It’s an interesting viewpoint on blogs, not that it is a necessarily a good thing that we now have thousands of different viewpoints on matters. Collaborative knowledge does not necessarily lead to truth, it might also move truth to the background. But if we see truth as something that is constructed collaboratively than the blogosphere may be shaping facts differently.

@Cheryl: Thanks for sharing more links on the topic of “blooks” – blog books. It is interesting to see how blogs influence the publishing process and vice versa.

]]> By: Cheryl Hagedorn http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/28/blogging-may-change-the-future-of-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-332652 Cheryl Hagedorn Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:27:02 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/28/blogging-may-change-the-future-of-publishing/#comment-332652 In my "Blook Look" for <a href="http://futureperfectpublishing.com/2007/11/09/the-business-blook-as-beta-publishing/" rel="nofollow">Future Perfect Publishing</a> entitled "Beta Publishing" I took a look at some folks who've done a collaborative book through their blog. The book is called <a href="http://www.alwaysdoneitthatway.com" rel="nofollow">We Have Always Done It That Way: 101 Things About Associations We Must Change</a> by Five Independent Thinkers. The "thinkers" are Amy B. Smith, C. David Gammel, Jamie Notter, Jeff De Cagna and Mickie S. Rops. I'll be taking a closer look at how they did on blog, <a href="http://blooking.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Blooking Central</a>, sometime in the near future. In my “Blook Look” for Future Perfect Publishing entitled “Beta Publishing” I took a look at some folks who’ve done a collaborative book through their blog. The book is called We Have Always Done It That Way: 101 Things About Associations We Must Change by Five Independent Thinkers. The “thinkers” are Amy B. Smith, C. David Gammel, Jamie Notter, Jeff De Cagna and Mickie S. Rops. I’ll be taking a closer look at how they did on blog, Blooking Central, sometime in the near future.

]]> By: Oryx Orange http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/28/blogging-may-change-the-future-of-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-329448 Oryx Orange Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:43:20 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/28/blogging-may-change-the-future-of-publishing/#comment-329448 If it is true, as I believe it is, that all knowledge that is accepted as fact invites us to draw a conclusion, then the blog as a medium is providing the basis for an entirely new set of conclusions. As a result, if collaborative knowledge is where we are now (ie. Wikipedia), collaborative opinion is where we will almost certainly return. This may not be entirely a good thing, but I think the next stage in the evolution of communications, powered by open source tools such as CommentPress, will see many things that are now considered as opinion to be considered as fact. My thoughts on the matter are at: http://www.orangelife.info/2007/10/blog-instrument-of-truth-world-peace.html If it is true, as I believe it is, that all knowledge that is accepted as fact invites us to draw a conclusion, then the blog as a medium is providing the basis for an entirely new set of conclusions. As a result, if collaborative knowledge is where we are now (ie. Wikipedia), collaborative opinion is where we will almost certainly return. This may not be entirely a good thing, but I think the next stage in the evolution of communications, powered by open source tools such as CommentPress, will see many things that are now considered as opinion to be considered as fact.

My thoughts on the matter are at:

http://www.orangelife.info/2007/10/blog-instrument-of-truth-world-peace.html

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