Sticking Point

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 ~

I’m stuck.

I’ve got two posts in draft that are constantly crossing over into each other’s territory, one of which is threatening to prompt me to start a new category called “Essay”. I’m trying to focus on specific aspects of some things that are currently doing the rounds across the Atlantic, and if possible kick off a UK-centric look at these issues. Trouble is, everytime I head down one path I end up cross-referencing myself into illogical loops in which you, dear reader, would be trapped for some considerable time.

So I’m returning to a tried and trusted method which comes in two parts.

Part 1: Make a list of the topics

• The lack of women in the blogging hierarchy - from Burningbird
• The evolution of the blogging hierarchy
• Pros and cons of blogrolls and Top 100 lists - the popular continue to retain and garner links, which self perpetuates their popularity
• How much of a reflection on me is my blogroll?
• The Blog Maturity model - from Anil Dash
• Seeking diversity in blogs (race, geography, religion, politics) - why should blogging differ from real life? Do we constantly seek out large scale diversity in real life and if so should that have a bearing on our blogging habits?
• The Bloggies - re-enforcing the A-listers or opening the eyes to the many?
• Matching blogging maturity to social development - forming true online communities
• The internet is seen as lawless, is the blogging scene suffering because it’s also seen as morality-less?
• Is the UK blogging scene behind that in the USA? SXSW suggests it might be, but as that was dominated by white males
• And loads of other stuff that I can’t keep out of my head…

Part 2: Post it and see what develops.