Is David Cronenberg's site a "real blog" or not?
I'm privileged to be part of the Business Blog Consulting team, sharing weblog space with fellow experts Rick Bruner, Jim Turner, Debbie Weil, Tris Hussey, Paul Chaney, Rich Brooks, BL Ochman, Des Walsh and more. It's a darn smart group.
Our shared weblog - and individual efforts - comprise much of the best thinking on the state and future of business blogging, but behind the scenes it turns out that we also have a mailing list where we volley about questions, ideas and our thoughts on specific topics (yes, it's true. Even the most hardcore business bloggers sometimes don't blog every thought in their heads).
Recently on our list we had a long, thoughtful discussion about the "Free Movie Blog" for A History of Violence, a new movie directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen. Cronenberg has directed over twenty films, including eXistenZ, Crash, Dead Ringers, Videodrome and Scanners. For his own part, Mortesen was splendid in Lord of the Rings and many other films.
But our discussion wasn't about the actor and director, it was about their ostensible blog and whether what they had up at the A History of Violence site really qualified as a weblog or whether it was co-opting the name and surrounding buzz unfairly.
With permission, here are some of the most cogent excerpts of our discussion...
Our shared weblog - and individual efforts - comprise much of the best thinking on the state and future of business blogging, but behind the scenes it turns out that we also have a mailing list where we volley about questions, ideas and our thoughts on specific topics (yes, it's true. Even the most hardcore business bloggers sometimes don't blog every thought in their heads).
Recently on our list we had a long, thoughtful discussion about the "Free Movie Blog" for A History of Violence, a new movie directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen. Cronenberg has directed over twenty films, including eXistenZ, Crash, Dead Ringers, Videodrome and Scanners. For his own part, Mortesen was splendid in Lord of the Rings and many other films.
But our discussion wasn't about the actor and director, it was about their ostensible blog and whether what they had up at the A History of Violence site really qualified as a weblog or whether it was co-opting the name and surrounding buzz unfairly.
With permission, here are some of the most cogent excerpts of our discussion...
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