so i've blogged, who hasnt? maybe not on the internet but on paper (journals, diaries, letters) and maybe thats just my comparison but blogging just seems to be a technological brain fart. a form to express a thought, opinion, share information, idea, etc. blogging is just the latest way of connecting and sharing with others and in doing so people get to learn about others, places, events, etc. (lots of etcs, i know but i'm on a chocolate coma.)
I wouldnt blame Krucoff for killing it off, blogging became a trend and as many trends tend to do, it self imploded. remember when myspace was the shit? now they have this thing called twitter. remember when dvd players were like the must have? now they have blue ray. so thats how it goes, a trend pops up, people suck all the life out of it and it dies. then a new one comes out, people suck that up and when thats dead on arrival, the next rises, etc. vicious cycle of limited attention span.
i, personally, see nothing wrong with capitalizing on your work. if you establish a successful invention, show, blog, routine, assignment, whatever the case and you find there is an audience for it then why not sell it to those that want it? you can give it for free, sure but who would benefit from it? when something becomes so easily tangible it often falls into idle hands and you spend more to make it than you receive. but should everything that plops out of someone's ass be printed? god fucking no! we have enough of that with music, celebrity bios, and useless self-help books. but if its something constructed with time, dedication, with love, then why not?
no one person can kill a trend, trends arise. maybe bloggs where the shit at one point soon there will be a new trend and all those blogs converted to books, zines, magazines, whatever, will die along with the trend. so just let them ride the wave but realize nothing is eternal.
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