Shades of Gray has The Blogger, the Pamphleteer, and Mixed Blessings
The expansion of weblogs provides both information and chaos to the intellectual scene, regardless of what particular genre is involved. While earlier eras saw numerous pamphlets and small gazettes, today weblogs appear as almost an infinity. What can one make of all this? While the type of interactions are similar, and indeed surpass, those of previous times, the limits of the medium and the sheer saturation of the field leave the weblog as a mixed blessing. Let us consider the wonder and anarchy that is the modern blogging scene.Posted by Simon at July 12, 2004 02:18 AM