I Have a Tweet in The Printed Blog
Over the past couple of weeks I've been following the progress of The Printed Blog, a publication that looks to combine the immediacy and good content of blogs with the portability, adaptability and appeal of a newspaper. I downloaded the first issue this afternoon (because New York City is not one of the test markets) and was pleased and surprised to find one of my tweets on page 6. (See image. I'm @notclam.)
I definitely like what The Printed Blog is trying to accomplish. One side of me is an old fashioned fellow who laments the reduced size of the New York Times and the advertisements on the front page, and enjoys few things more than a morning with a newspaper and a few cups of coffee. The other half of me loves the speed with which information makes its way around the Internet and resents reading day-old news. (For example, I learned of John Updike's passing within minutes of the story breaking thanks to Twitter. Sure beats a next-day obituary) What's more, the world of blogging (and podcasting, too) allows anyone with a computer to instantly become a journalist. The consumer alone is left to decide what content is important and valuable, cutting out middle-men and making a world of great information available to skillful searchers. With all this in mind, The Printed Blog seems like a great idea. Time will tell whether people respond well to the idea. Until then, I'll simply enjoy having been involved in the publication's beginning, even in such a small way.
To take a look at the first issue, head over to theprintedblog.com and grab a download. San Francisco and Chicago residents may have already snagged a copy if they were at the right train stations.
