Immediacy In Blogging - Notes

Immediacy in Blogging - from WaW - Eric Kuha

"I want it now"
-writing for print (for last couple hundred years):
-slow
-deliberate
-esp writing for publication.
-multi-drafts, studied prose, contemplation - takes time.
-gap and EDITOR between writing and publication.
-writing book = giving birth.
-waiting
-tedious

-NOT WITH BLOGGING - not labor-intensive like print.
-"we don't want to put effort into completing something of value. We want it now."
-reflection of present society??

-blog = instant
-write/publish in one pass.
-drive to publish regularly and often
-writer is own editor.
-immediacy - writer can look over what's written, preview, change.
-HOWEVER: - many publish thoughts in quicker way.

-advantage - if just need to say something, have medium for that.
-material is timely - if waited amt. of time to publish book, would be outdated.
-things like current events or daily happenings not meant for books.

-fast way to get writing published.
-doesn't draw away from publication of literature
-instead, means more people are writing.

-see TheCollective III. (http://erhetoric.org/WeblogsAndWikis/TheCollective)

-blogs FEEL immediate - like writing w/out censorship/editing cuz:
-blog frequently updated -
-updates driven by writer/events and not editions.
-blog chronologically organized - most current at top.
-writer is also editor/publisher.
-posts writeen in single sitting w/out heavy edit.

-IMMEDIACY - whole philosophical approach to life.
-more to this idea.
-Hakim Bey - "Temporary Autonomous Zone" -
-TAZ
-basically: temporary anarchies will spring up in certain situations.
-where they need to.
-no law requires this.
-no one mentions it.
-BUT, people will harmonize on certain level - co-exist in new way for a short time.
-place where rules disappear.
-ALWAYS TEMPORARY.
-SOOOOO - on blog is complete autonomy.
-no one, no how, nowhere that will ever tell you what you can and can't put in blog.
-(and what if that is my frustration with, my more than occasional distaste +/- revulsion for, and my lack of appreciation for social media?? - no job lost, but points/grade??? hmmmmm?????)
-blog = autonomous zone
-not as temporary as some zones.

-concept of 'blogger community' brings newer/interesting implications to autonomous zone idea.
-community completely run, operated, policed, maintained by users.
-is almost as anarchic as the wiki.

-this is part of reason why controversy w/ blogs - what controversy???