·· { Saturday, 14 June } ··

The Author≡

Nils takes an axe to the concept of user generated content:

It pisses me off to no end, when people assume that with modern technology, with the ubiquitousness of social networking and user-generated content, and with My, Live or Windows Spaces everywhere, blogging has now become “for everyone” and that what I’m doing, or you perhaps, is easy. It’s not.

Blogging is easy. Platforms like tumblr make it a virtual point-click-type-publish affair. Writing good content however is not. It’s an art form that requires passion, commitment, an element of risk-taking and genuine understanding (both of the topic and one’s own abilities).