Jevon has recently written about egos and blogging. This made me consider what writing on these things is like and I keep coming back to that wonderfully dead-end technology of the 1970's - CB radio.
In both, you get on the medium, yap about what ever comes into your head and use funny names and other stuff inherent in the medium to abstract who you want to be seen as from what you are - "Foxy Lady". Also like CB radio, you have to lug one bit technology around [PC or Mac/Chevy van or Mack] to get at the communication media [blog/CB radio].
So who will be the Red Sovine of bloggetry?
Comments
Alan - June 2, 2003 5:50 PM
I am not alone in the comparison of blog and CB radio. Nothing turns on this, of course. I am still thick for the most part.
Kirk Bailey - March 20, 2004 1:07 AM
CB was a 'dead end' because the law and the purpose of the service did not lend itself to a continuing bill for said service.
Cellphones are a continuing expense.
Now riddle me this: when the lines to the towers are morstly down, and service is being restricted to the personell in the local emergency services community, what the heck good will a cellphone do for you? BUT, a CB in your car or home will still work- assuming your home included an emergency 12V battery backup for it. And if money is tight, the cell is going to be low on the priorities- but the CB is bought and paid for, and works just fine- for free. And no license, no technical test, it is the people's radio.