"Bring forth that which is within you, and what you bring forth will save you. Do not bring forth that which is within you and what you do not bring forth will destroy you."
- The Gnostic Gospel of Thomas
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Pretty funny
Paula Scher's diagram of the lifecycle of a typical blog. (Click to enlarge!)
While I absolutely adore Ms. Scher, and the design she's done at Pentagram and for The Public Theatre, I think it's a tough point to make that this is a "typical" blog, as most barely get past (or through) the Original Thesis stage of blogs. A typical blog is lonely, uncredited, unread and masturbatory.
It's only celebrated blogs (like Neil Gaiman's) that experience a cycle and to say that it follows Scher's analysis is optimistic at best.
The best part of a blog is that it's organic. It follows no patterns. It grows from interest and accidental turns and comments. Like a documented, soft-copied conversation, a blog has no rails. It's more of a bumper car than a locomotive.
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While I absolutely adore Ms. Scher, and the design she's done at Pentagram and for The Public Theatre, I think it's a tough point to make that this is a "typical" blog, as most barely get past (or through) the Original Thesis stage of blogs. A typical blog is lonely, uncredited, unread and masturbatory.
It's only celebrated blogs (like Neil Gaiman's) that experience a cycle and to say that it follows Scher's analysis is optimistic at best.
The best part of a blog is that it's organic. It follows no patterns. It grows from interest and accidental turns and comments. Like a documented, soft-copied conversation, a blog has no rails. It's more of a bumper car than a locomotive.
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