Blogging Isn’t Dead

You may have heard that blogging is dead and thus are wary of investing your time and effort in an activity that’s about to go the way of the dinosaur. Don’t be. The blogging ecosystem has never been more vibrant and alive. What you are witnessing is just the evolution of the medium.

To adapt a famous quote by Mark Twain, rumors of blogging’s death have been greatly exaggerated. If you follow sensationalist tech pundits, you may have been misled into believing that the emergence of microblogging services (like Tumblr and Twitter[2]) have marked the end of traditional blogging.

Among other reasons, microblogs are popular for the fact that they often take a minimal dose of effort on the author’s part and are easy to follow ...

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