Doc Searls Weblog · Geology vs. Weather
âsnow on the waterâ applies to social media as well. Theyâre conversational in the literal sense. Theyâre weather within which tweets fly and fall like flakes, and disappear into the collective unconscious.
On the other hand, blogging is geology. A blogâs posts may be current and timely, and constitute one personâs contribution to conversation around a subject or two, but each post is built to last. It has a âpermalinkâ. Over time posts accumulate like soil deposits. You can dig down through layers of time and find them. What do tweets have? Temp-o-links?
Posted by Vanderleun at August 15, 2009 12:22 PM