There was a very interesting interview on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning about the future of blogging. Technology consultant Robert Hamman and Guardian writer/blogger Kate Bevan were discussing an article on the Wired website that blogging is dead. It was argued that blogging used to be something that gave amateurs a voice and now it has been overtaken by professionals, described by Wired as a “tsunami of paid bilge”.

The other argument is that as web has moved on, people’s attention spans have reduced and they don’t want to read a whole post. This is the why we have seen the rapid emergence of Twitter. Twitter allows users to micro-blog by posting Tweets of a maximum 140 characters. The portability and informality of this has really caught on with many people now Twittering from their phones, desktop apps and the web. As promised Twitter is something I will revisit in detail as I find it absolutely fascinating.

However, blogs are still a huge business, providing a personal space for people to quickly reach very niche audiences, and you will be glad to hear that we won’t be stopping our blogging anytime soon.

Listen to the whole interview on the BBC Site (sorry if you are outside of the UK it won’t play!) and read the Wired article.