What goes up must also plateau awhile?

Blogging Vs. Microblogging: Twitter’s Global Growth Flattens, While WordPress’ Picks Up

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/24/twitter-wordpress-blogging-vs-microblogging/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)

Sensationalism and a doomsday premise always sells in a pithy headline. I'm more in sync. with this Techcrunch blogger on his sign-off words:

"So is blogging back, while microblogging is on the skids? A one-month spike in the popularity of blogs doesn’t tell you much of anything, but in any case it’s the wrong question. Blogging never really went away, and was in fact helped by Twitter, which is becoming the preferred feed reader for many people (thanks to services like Twitterfeed).

And don’t count out microblogging just yet. Twitter is finally rolling out improvements to its site such as Lists and the new Retweet button. Once geo-location features kick in, Twitter’s growth could come back with a vengeance."

2010 will be extremely interesting.

The stratospheric growth couldn't last forever

It had to happen, wild swings and reversals and an end to the stratospheric growth of the last few months.

Data on Twitter Decline Stacks Up -

http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007388

There's always a honeymoon phase online, MySpace and then Bebo, now Facebook and Twitter.. what is hot and what is not this month or year. Twitter is still in its infancy as both a platform and an influencer of what will follow.

Once the dust settles and the data is re-tallied from desktop apps, mobile apps and all the other stats for Twitter, we might get a realistic snapshot of how both individuals and businesses are using micro-blogging, status updates, content aggregators, lists, groups and much more besides.

None of these systems work in isolation anymore, which make both the pitfalls and the overall promise even more transparent.

Don't try this at home. November status update.

Well the big move is over and I've reminded myself how few more moves I want to make in my lifetime.

I started counting how many cities and countries, let alone houses and flats, I've lived in ... it got a little daunting, so I left that tally alone. I advise you all to stay where you are unless you like chaos. A new calm and productive phase ahead.

But now I'm back on blogging and working on new workshops, articles, resources, and more for the last of 09 and the start of the new decade. Half of my working days are going to be reinvented and that part of it is exciting, at least to me!