One of the aspects of publishing original content on the web that far surpasses anything produced by more mainstream outlets is its expediency. Don’t get me wrong, there’s tremendous value in content that benefits from extensive research and the luxury of reflection that takes significant amounts of time to accomplish.
With the web, we get both: timely reportage and deeply thought-out organic essays.
One of the unique features of timely reportage and analysis is that we get a sort of rough draft of what&‘s going on in the writer’s mind at a given point in time. We get sometimes raw stuff, real to its core, and without the high gloss polish that comes with self-conscious editing. Observations tend to have more clarity. Big whopping diamonds in the rough.
Case in point: David Weinberger’s coverage of the TED 2002 conference. We’re privileged to Weinberger’s not-inconsequential insight in near real-time.
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