The end is nigh..?

The writing's on the wall..
well it won't be online, that's for sure as, apparently blogging will reach its peak next year, according to technology predictions by analysts Gartner.

The analysts said that during the middle of next year the number of blogs will level out at about 100 million.

The firm has said that 200 million people have already stopped writing their blogs.

Gartner analyst Daryl Plummer said the reason for the levelling off in blogging was due to the fact that most people who would ever start a web blog had already done so.

"A lot of people have been in and out of this thing," Mr Plummer said.

"Everyone thinks they have something to say, until they're put on stage and asked to say it."

Last month blog tracking firm Technorati reported that 100,000 new blogs were being created every day, and 1.3 million blog posts were written.

Technorati is tracking more than 57 million blogs, of which it believes around 55% are "active" and updated at least every three months.

So is this the end..?
Naahh, fuck it, I have too much bile to get off my chest, I'll still be here next year (sorry, about that). Mind you, I've been doing this on and off for two and a half years now (around March/April 2004 was the first version of this blog, check the archives!!), surely writers block will kick in soon..?

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Fuck it

We always play better when we have absolutely no fucking chance of winning the title anyway. Still, there's always 2007/2008.

By the way, I take it back about what I said about this new version of Blogger, these labels are a very nice way of giving alternate access to your blog (and it's interesting how some topics come up again and again). Only labelled about 150 posts so far, but will do the lot eventually..

Mass Blogging

I like this.
The History Matters site is encouraging every one in Britain to make a blog entry today on their site. The 'One Day in History' is a one off opportunity for you to join in a mass blog for the national record. They want as many people as possible to record a 'blog' diary which will be stored by the British Library as a historical record of our national life.

Write your diary here reflecting on how history itself impacted on your day - whether it just commuting through an historic environment, discussing family history or watching repeats on TV.

Thought police?

Have you seen that the Metropolitan police has published new rules on policemen who use blogger? Effectively this means that a number of coppers have now stopped using their blogs, just in case they break these rules:
"Recently the organisation has become aware of a series of weblogs or blogs where authors - claiming to be police officers - have offered their views on a number of issues in a highly personalised, often controversial manner", the rules begin, befre going on to say that there is now a ban on "expressing views and opinions that are damaging to the organisation or bring the organisation into disrepute".
So, effectively, if you are an employee of the Metropolitan police you are not allowed to express an opinion (if you state you're a copper anyway) just in case it makes the Met look bad.
Fucking hell, I think back to some of the posts I've written in the past, particularly those on the thorny issue of process and I realise that if a similar law was brought in countrywide to stop people commenting on their workplaces, then half my rants would be pretty much fucked too..
It's not as if these coppers compromised Police work or investigations or anything, it's not as if they'd be typing:
"Yeah gonna do a big dawn drugs raid at 22 Acacia Avenue next Thursday, so we can finally put Mr. Big behind bars" - although, if they were I could at least understand the ban..
Warning - thought crime can only be around the corner!!