Comments on: Moblogging!

Moblogging!

adamgreenfield — Fri, 13 Dec 2002 00:01:07 -0800

Moblogging! Yesterday's Guardian Unlimited features a gently snarky piece by Jane Perrone, introducing a wider world to the possibilities of camera+mobile phone+Web publishing, à la HipTop Nation. By my count, that's one month, five days from the word's coining to its first appearance in the major media (if you think the Guardian counts as such, that is). Given such rapid memetic uptake, what do you think: flash in the pan, or new social structure abornin'? (Full disclosure: my site is linked from Perrone's piece.)

By: eddydamascene

eddydamascene — Fri, 13 Dec 2002 01:44:04 -0800

1% this: "...'journalists will almost never be the first on the scene anymore' - they will be beaten to it by keen mobloggers sending pictures to their sites." and 99% this: [picture of tic-tacs] 1st sign of the apocolypse....im out of orance tic-tacs! --juz//AIM: I Throw Mnky Poo

By: adamgreenfield

adamgreenfield — Fri, 13 Dec 2002 02:29:52 -0800

...unlike, say, the Web? (I mean, sure, you're right. But I'll tolerate a lot of noise in the channel if the signal is either inherently highly valuable, or easy to lock onto to the exclusion of the garbage.) I'll shut up now.

By: sebas

sebas — Fri, 13 Dec 2002 02:45:13 -0800

I thought that moblogging would be some kind of mob that attacks people online. Something like: 'Hey, this guy uses javascript to disable right mouse click'. Then other people find out his homeaddress, phonenumber and shoesize and all this information is collected onto one mobblog, where you can try and harras the person in question.

By: y6y6y6

y6y6y6 — Fri, 13 Dec 2002 02:50:09 -0800

"1% this......" Actually both are 100% true. Web loggers will always get there first. And web loggers are crappy journalists. But as we've seen with a few "news" items on Metafilter, having a blogger in the area can be a great source of background info. "or new social structure abornin'?" Oh please. I blog from my phone sometimes. It gets old even for me. It's more boredom than structure. And I saw people blogging from laptops using WiFi almost a year ago. This is much older than one month. Wasn't that guy doing this with a wearable computer about five years ago?

By: dogmatic

dogmatic — Fri, 13 Dec 2002 04:07:03 -0800

Justin Hall, esteemed blogger and journalist both, covered this topic a few weeks ago in TheFeature.com. I'd be interested in comparing the differences. But then, I'm a little short on time this morning. Maybe later in the afternoon.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Fri, 13 Dec 2002 05:47:34 -0800

mobile phone cams = tiny, grainy, blurry, generally shitty images. moblogging = a viral marketing seed wherein the blogworld is supposed to assist corporate theftmeisters in selling shoddy, not-ready-for-prime-time consumer products.

By: mook

mook — Fri, 13 Dec 2002 06:06:11 -0800

Man With a Movie Camera = grainy, blurry, generally shitty images But it kickstarted a revolution in cinema.

By: Tubes

Tubes — Fri, 13 Dec 2002 07:42:58 -0800

"Moblogger" : I thought it was some kind of mafia publishing tool, too. Let's fix this before it catches on. How about "Mobilogging..." too reminiscent of Mobil gas stations? Maybe "FieldBlogging?" As in, field reporters?

By: rushmc

rushmc — Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:53:38 -0800

I thought that moblogging would be some kind of mob that attacks people online. You mean like Metafilter?

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:57:52 -0800

Question: Is it mo-blogging or mob-logging? Is it we-blog or web-log? Inquiring minds sort of want to know.

By: kerplunk

kerplunk — Fri, 13 Dec 2002 13:02:01 -0800

Moblogging is so November 2002.

By: RJ Reynolds

RJ Reynolds — Fri, 13 Dec 2002 15:28:25 -0800

Mo-blogging sounds a little... fruity.