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20 December 2004

Careful of those predictions

Bit like the IBM guy who said there was no market for more than six computers globally, or the brit who said the telephone would never replace telegrams.

“Dissemination of information is great, but how much of it is trustworthy? [Blogs] are an interesting phenomenon, but I don’t think they will be as talked about in a year’s time.”
-Mike Smartt, editor of BBC News Online, 25 March, 2003

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I don't think blogs will get less coverage because of untrustworthiness. I think they'll get /more/ coverage because of untrustworthiness.. and for peddling "wild conspiracy theories".. and murdering random pets. If you can't compete, smear :-)

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