proliferation

I started blogging in the late 90s, when there was seriously a set of cool kid bloggers in San Francisco and they all actually knew each other (I only knew them a little bit). at the time we were all figuring out the genre, creating the conventions that are now commonplace.

now my brother has a blog. now my dad has a blog. Juniper once even product tested a Leap Frog toy that made "new blog entries" for two year olds.

but--aside from the stupid electronic toy--I guess that's the whole point, right? letting the word be shared. decentralizing the author. subverting publishing. trying something that's not your field.

that's pretty much always a good thing.