News: Erick Schoneld has an insightful -- and downright fascinating -- account of his first 6 months writing for the immensely popular TechCrunch blog. One of the most important points is that the whole "blogging" phenemenon is no longer an individual amateur pursuit. Major media have all switched to blogging, and many of the most popular amateur blogs -- especially in the tech sector -- have become professionalized with paid staff. The lines between professional and amateur blogging, major media and individual content producer are getting blurry.
The article is also interesting for what it reveals about Tech Crunch. Sounds like the guys there are blogging nonstop, 24/7. I don't fall in that category, but it does sound like one of my well-known blogging colleagues here at Moritz! No wonder Tech Crunch gets close to 3 million views a month. It took me 1 year to get just 1 million.
