The decline of blogging

By coincidence, at the point I was thinking I must make more use of my blog Nicholas Carr was writing on blogging's decline, citing studies showing the shift from personal to professional or corporate blogs, in effect on-line magazines (reference via John Naughton's blog). Since I have a very specific purpose in this blog I suppose I don't mind his comparison of blogging and amateur radio. Now where's that hand-knitted waistcoat I once had....