To all the bloggers amongst my readers, the video below is a must watch. It’s a short video from CBS by Josh Landis and Mitch Butler which shows the concept of blogging is not really as new as we think. It’s a fascinating video and it’s less than 3 minutes long. In fact, I’ll say it’s a must watch for anyone as it shows that all the buzz around newspapers and blogs has historical precedent.
The lesson as always, “All this has happened before, and all this will happen again.” – Battlestar Galactica.
good video friend…and thanks to sharing
Really interesting…it really seems nothing can be invented after all…“All this has happened before, and all this will happen again.” I don’t know Battlestar, but that’s a San Agostino quote 🙂
Jenny
Who is San Agostino? The Battlestar producers said they got the quote from a Disney movie!
Battlestar Galactica is great! Good video post. That was an interesting video.
Impressive video. It shows the pattern from newspapers to blogging.
This was an interesting video. I wasn’t aware that the first pamphlets left space for comments. Yes cycles do repeat however that does not mean that everything has already been invented than can be.
[…] be a form of social media? The first (and only) edition of the paper was published in 1690 with a blank page at the end for readers to write comments and pass along. That’s right, a newspaper was the first media form to encourage readers to […]
Good video. Liked the Battlestar Galactica quote too!