Comments on: Is Blogging Over? http://jamesdalman.com/2008/11/is-blogging-over/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-blogging-over Custom Artwork and Handcrafted Designs. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:41:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: James http://jamesdalman.com/2008/11/is-blogging-over/comment-page-1/#comment-121 James Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:58:26 +0000 http://jamesdalman.com/?p=340#comment-121 Al, Thanks for your slice of insight! I think that the "doing it because it's cool" and the "doing it for money" debate is a tough one. I remember the crap that flew when Tony Hawk went on the sponsor path or when Metallica entered the commercialized music venue. There's nothing wrong with earning a living doing what you love to do but some die-hard fans hate the idea of someone doing something for money. To them, its selling out. Personally, I believe people SHOULD be able to make money with their ideas or skills and without being condemned. I will also say visiting blogs with 20 sponsor ads blinking can be quite extreme (and nauseating). Can we have both? Can we do what we love to do and still be cool, all the while making some dough? Al, Thanks for your slice of insight! I think that the “doing it because it’s cool” and the “doing it for money” debate is a tough one.

I remember the crap that flew when Tony Hawk went on the sponsor path or when Metallica entered the commercialized music venue. There’s nothing wrong with earning a living doing what you love to do but some die-hard fans hate the idea of someone doing something for money. To them, its selling out.

Personally, I believe people SHOULD be able to make money with their ideas or skills and without being condemned. I will also say visiting blogs with 20 sponsor ads blinking can be quite extreme (and nauseating).

Can we have both? Can we do what we love to do and still be cool, all the while making some dough?

]]> By: Al http://jamesdalman.com/2008/11/is-blogging-over/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Al Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:30:48 +0000 http://jamesdalman.com/?p=340#comment-120 It's an inevitable transformation from 'cool' and 'revolutionary' to commercial. We see this in many different forms throughout history. I can't help but think of pop art and other mediums when a big change comes. At first it is pure and new and cool. Then the commercial reality of our world sets in and things start to change. Isn't in inevitable that Wired would declare this? Wasn't it unavoidable? But let's get real. I want bloggers to make money. For the real blogging revolution to have any impact, there have to be dollars attached. How did we think this would look? How else were bloggers going to get their slice? It’s an inevitable transformation from ‘cool’ and ‘revolutionary’ to commercial. We see this in many different forms throughout history. I can’t help but think of pop art and other mediums when a big change comes. At first it is pure and new and cool. Then the commercial reality of our world sets in and things start to change. Isn’t in inevitable that Wired would declare this? Wasn’t it unavoidable?

But let’s get real. I want bloggers to make money. For the real blogging revolution to have any impact, there have to be dollars attached. How did we think this would look? How else were bloggers going to get their slice?

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