Six Degrees of Separation
My quest for fame has taken a new turn. My blog has been referenced on another blog, to my knowledge for the first time so far. See October 30th on Ntkreatur (in Swedish.) I again find myself excited, as it seems some people read what I write despite the level of feedback being comparable to the rain levels of perpetual drought.
This whole social networking aspect of blogs is quite facinating. I predict that future historians will find blogs to be a great resource. The democratic publishing model that the web makes possible (as originally envisioned by Tim Berners-Lee) creates a research base quite different from published books. Natural language processing hints towards even more exciting possibilities. Time will tell.