I saw a good article on ReadWriteWeb covering the NCAA's "draconian policy prohibiting live blogging." You can make it more difficult to live-blog, but with iPhones, other smart phones and ultraportable laptops with EVDO, you can't really stop it completely.
A policy that limits live-blogging to credentialed bloggers and no more than "3 blogs per quarter and one at half-time" is idiotic. First off, they probably mean blog posts, not blogs. TV Squad is a blog.
When Engadget covers a Steve Jobs keynote, they do it all in one blog post. So how are they going to track updates? What if the blogger doesn't time stamp them?The article also compares the anti-live blogging efforts to the RIAA, but it's not like live bloggers are streaming video from a game. They're describing it in text!
If the NCAA is truly emulating the recording industry here, does that mean that they'll be out of business a decade from now too?
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Alex Rudloff 230 days ago
I've been noticing the distinction between blog and blog posts eroding, and it's annoying as sin.
The MSM has gotten behind blogging, and they're spreading all this incorrect terminology by using improper language. "Check out our blogs on [whatever issue/story]". Ugh. Blog. Posts.
Regarding the NCAA, that's just absolutely silly and is a reminder for how many folks still don't understand technology.
Separate, but sorta funny/similar vein (to me, at least).. I was on a flight the other day and they said "turn off anything with a power button." The stewardess came by and reminded me to turn off my iphone. "But it doesn't have a power button." The look of confusion on her face was outstanding.
The idea of people "mo-blogging" a live event is still probably just as mind blowing a concept as a phone without a distinct power button.
Man, I should write a blog on this.