Wired Magazine has certainly got the bloggers linking to its site with its provocative article Blogging is Dead.

The general line is that micro-blogging sites like Twitter make blogging look oh so 2004.

Well, Wired has a point. I’ve noted here before that bloggers blog less often now that they are twittering away with tweets like “I’m on the train to Stoke-On-Trent”.

But actually,  I now think that’s good for blogging. It used to be a common complaint that people blogged about trivia. Now when people have nothing to say, they put it up on Twitter or they update their Facebook status. When they think and want to write, they blog.

Oh this Twitter thing does make me feel a bit old though ! I was slow to get onto it, and am still more happy blogging. I think there are plenty of others out there like me. Blogging is more or less acceptable now. Almost respectable. You aren’t an anorak anymore because you blog. But I do think you have are likely to be young if you are on facebook, or a techie if you are on twitter, or suit if you are on Linkedin.

That’s not to say that micro-blogging hasn’t taken over some of the functions of a blog. Facebook and Twitter are the places now to follow what your network is doing, and to let people know what you are up to. Blogs are more integrated into websites nowadays. They are the easy-to-update bit. They are the freshest news - they are your bit-by-bit build up of content into an online resource. They are the place where people can comment and get back to you - including people outside your immediate network.

Anyway, glad to hear that blogging is alive and kicking in Manchester.