I've noticed something.
No one is reading blogs anymore.
This blog still gets around 6,000 hits a day, but I suspect most of those are Google search results or people clicking through their reader by default. Not actually reading.
You don't read blogs. I don't read 'em. No-one does.
Which is great news.
Because it means we can blog like we used to in the old days. When you'd just stick a picture up of something you'd seen and say, hey I noticed this.
When you could say I noticed this coffee shop has the weirdest pricing structure ever.
When you could say I saw this church the other day. Which I kind of like. It's no Church of the Light but it's bold and graphic. Brutal. Like a Playmobil church.
When you could say here's a picture of Danny Boyle stood on the roof opposite our office yesterday.
When you could blog like no-one was reading, because no-one was reading.
I'm going blog like no-one is reading.
Oh. Phew.
Posted by: Kirsty | Sep 28, 2011 at 11:51
I only ever read blogs through RSS, which is great for reading, but what about the comments?! It would be great if RSS could handle the comments, and let you comment back. And then you'd know that yes, people are reading (at least one person!)
Posted by: Henry Hadlow | Sep 28, 2011 at 11:53
Blogging as communication? Blogging as self expression? Sounds great. There was too much blogging clogging anyway.
Posted by: Andrew Kingham | Sep 28, 2011 at 12:40
Well, this is awkward...
Posted by: Hollymix | Sep 28, 2011 at 13:38
Do you think people stopped reading because you stopped blogging? You only post a fraction of what you used to. Over time, people just drift away...
Posted by: Jdavie | Sep 28, 2011 at 13:47
Danny Boyle isn't reading, that's for sure.
Posted by: davidthedesigner | Sep 28, 2011 at 14:39
i read them. i just don´t visit them too often.
Posted by: Account Deleted | Sep 28, 2011 at 15:25
I'm just looking at the pictures...
Posted by: FamousRob | Sep 28, 2011 at 16:05
That is the wonder of Twitter
We get all the good bits from the comfort of our Twitter Feed
Why go blogging at all
When the bloggers come to you
its like a very comfortable armchair with a great big remote control
Posted by: Davidalterman | Sep 28, 2011 at 16:12
I still read blogs! But I agree, I don't read them with the same scrutiny. And I definitely don't write with the same frequency that I used to. There was a time where I was posting 25-28 times per month. These days, I'll share half of that stuff on Twitter.
Posted by: Scottperezfox | Sep 29, 2011 at 02:20
I think Blogging as a place where Early Adopters can interact with other Early Adopters has come to an end. The Early Adopters have moved on to Twitter and as Twitter has now become mainstream they will probably (almost certainly) move on somewhere else. Communications technology, although dressed up in the accoutrements of science, should really be seen as part of the fashion world (and blogging is like an exquisite 2003 design by Chanel - of interest to the fashion cogniscenti, also still maybe worn by those who havn't got a clue about fashion, but totally ignored by the chattering claque that demands NEW all the time).
Posted by: Afroml.blogspot.com | Sep 29, 2011 at 12:03
blahblah church blahblah Danny Boyle blah roof blah.
Hold on...
What?
Danyy Boyle. On a roof? What? Whatwhat? How? Why? Write more words, damn you!
Posted by: QualityLobster | Sep 29, 2011 at 12:04
'I'm going blog like no-one is reading.' Was this mistake made to check that we were paying attention. Otherwise it certainly seems like you're already doing what it says mate.
Posted by: Russellthorn | Sep 29, 2011 at 13:41
Now that's proper blogging. Well done.
Posted by: Brett Macfarlane | Sep 29, 2011 at 17:31
Great post, but I didn't read it.
Posted by: JustinSchuck | Sep 29, 2011 at 21:28
Haven't read a word. But great pictures, though! ;)
Posted by: Account Deleted | Sep 30, 2011 at 14:59
I really appreciate a well-written, opinionated blog. Which is why I was drawn to your blog in the first place back in 2005 or whenever it was. Yours is/was refreshing. Design blogs are all the same now – photos with comments. May as well just forgo the blog and use tumblr. I like those too. But I crave real substance. So I disagree. Write more!
Posted by: Meghan Gough | Oct 03, 2011 at 21:22
6000 a day? Only?
The paperback bestseller list contains titles that sell a fraction of that a week. Maybe no one is reading book either?
Posted by: Jonathanbaldwin.wordpress.com | Oct 04, 2011 at 11:01