Comments on: L’esprit d’escalier http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/11/21/lesprit-descalier/ Everyone has a right to my opinions Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:36:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Clarice http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/11/21/lesprit-descalier/comment-page-1/#comment-25875 Clarice Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:01:58 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/11/21/lesprit-descalier/#comment-25875 Quite agree MK. I think it <i>is</i> the right tool though. Newspapers get thrown away, and they have to talk about something new tomorrow, but blogs can stay and be commented on forever. Counter-inutitively, the blog post does not just out-do the newspaper on the info front by being faster, but also on the debate front by being slower. Blogging enables and motivates people to interrogate their thoughts on the issues of yesterday in a way that traditional media do not. I think that's a really really good thing. Quite agree MK. I think it is the right tool though. Newspapers get thrown away, and they have to talk about something new tomorrow, but blogs can stay and be commented on forever.

Counter-inutitively, the blog post does not just out-do the newspaper on the info front by being faster, but also on the debate front by being slower.

Blogging enables and motivates people to interrogate their thoughts on the issues of yesterday in a way that traditional media do not. I think that’s a really really good thing.

]]> By: MK http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/11/21/lesprit-descalier/comment-page-1/#comment-23265 MK Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:46:37 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/11/21/lesprit-descalier/#comment-23265 I think it all depends on your style. Some people really want to be part of that dialogue as it peaks, others "miss the party" intentionally as they don't think it's necessary to comment on each small move a politician/rock star/significant other makes, but to sit back and notice bigger trends within it all and then point these trajectories out later. But maybe the big-picture people are using the wrong tool if they are trying to blog that way? Don't know, but I should definitely have a coffee before I say anything more! I think it all depends on your style. Some people really want to be part of that dialogue as it peaks, others “miss the party” intentionally as they don’t think it’s necessary to comment on each small move a politician/rock star/significant other makes, but to sit back and notice bigger trends within it all and then point these trajectories out later.

But maybe the big-picture people are using the wrong tool if they are trying to blog that way?

Don’t know, but I should definitely have a coffee before I say anything more!

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