tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488978.post7237377870805199748..comments2009-11-13T01:25:51.305-08:00Andrew Finklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05975892946327775341andrew.finkle@gmail.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488978.post-25013718588329694752008-10-26T09:14:00.000-07:002008-10-26T09:14:00.000-07:00Thanks Mark, excellent comment - and I can not agree more! I used Disqus as just one example, FriendFeed is another great one. The only point I had been trying to make was that Blogging (as we know it now) really is dead. Yes, we will all still blog, but the tools we use will let us blog from anywhere - whether it is from someone elses blog, or from a comment we leave, or....Andrew Finklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05975892946327775341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488978.post-66153137537706509262008-10-26T09:10:00.000-07:002008-10-26T09:10:00.000-07:00Hi Andrew. Some people use FriendFeed.com as a means to extend their social media presence. It's mainly an RSS feed aggregator that accepts feeds from blogs and many social media sites. However, it also allows you to publish individual entries of 1000 chr. or less (Twitter, by contrast, only allows 140 chrs.), plus you can comment on anything that you can see in FriendFeed. Some of the new Facebook changes, such as the ability to comment in News Feeds, were undoubtedly influenced by FriendFeed. Oh, and Disqus comments can also be streamed into FriendFeed, which can encourage additional conversations.<BR/><BR/>If you decide to check FriendFeed out, you can find me there as user markdykeman. Cheers!<BR/><BR/>P.S. I thought that the Wired article was largely linkbait; these new services can complement a blog but they aren't going to put blogs out of business either.Mark Dykeman - Broadcasting Brainhttp://broadcasting-brain.comnoreply@blogger.com