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There's a bit of a tempest going on whether to blog or not to blog, since the new rage is "lifestreaming" blog using sites like Posterous (I just got my lifestreaming site set up if for no other reason to play with it). So here we are blogging for Future Shop and some are saying that blogging has become passé, so what's the deal?

The deal is that often those closest to the new technology are the first to get bored with it, the rest of us however tend to keep a more level head about things.

Blogging is no more dead and done than telling stories among friends. We don't seem to tire of that, so I doubt blogging will fade any time soon, but what about "lifestreaming"? Lifestreaming is essentially just posting bits and pieces of the things you find online into something that looks remarkably like a blog. Taken to the next level, there are sites like FriendFeed where not only do you post things directly, but also have the bits and pieces you publish around the Net put there as well automatically (my FriendFeed page is here).

What I find interesting about Posterous is that it strikes me that it is more like "blogging lite" rather than something entirely new. If it's intended to just drop bits and pieces without much commentary, but how is that much different than a blog?

Personally I think there is a balance here. I'm writing fewer posts on my blog lately, but writing longer posts. Posts that delve into issues a little more deeply. On Posterous I think I'm going to use it like a bulletin board. The place to put up interesting things I find online. Commentary on deeper issues? Probably not.

So the question isn't whether you're ready for Lifestreaming, but rather, how will you fit all the pieces of information you find online into your real life? 

Message Edited by trishussey on 06-29-2009 06:46 PM

[#2]

Posterous looks like a Tumblr clone to me. They're both shiny new services, but they don't fill a niche (at least not for me).  If I find an interesting link, I tweet it.  If the link is really interesting, I might turn it into a full blog post by writing about the content at the other end of the link.

I'm not quite sure how to answer your question, because I think you're propping up the false dichotomy of online/offline life that we need to eliminate (and the sooner the better).  With Facebook, almost everyone I know in "real life" is now available to me online; as someone who abhors phone calls, I communicate almost exclusively through Facebook messages, @replies, email, and IM.  And as someone who spends a good deal of his time online, who is to say that my "online" life isn't my "real" life?

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@tachyondecay thank you for catching the flaw in the subject line (I did it on purpose). Firstly yes, Tumblr and Posterous are very similar.

The bottom line is that all these different ways to share things online work very well for lots of people in lots of ways. I share a lot through Twitter as well, as well as my blog.

And you're right the whole "you have to use this or that or another thing" is bogus. None of these various techs supplant or replace another (email and IM are still around), they augment and improve them all. 

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I use FriendFeed to integrate my online presence.