HW 16B:Scoble's 5 Pillars of Conversational Software

Robert Scoble points out five things that have made blogging hot through out the world, calling them the five pillars of conversational software. The first was “ease of publishing.” This simply means that anyone that has access to the Internet can easily make their own blog and write about anything and everything. The second pillar was “discoverability.” Tags and pings make it easy to find blogs that you are interested in and help business’ find potential customers. The third was “cross-site conversations.” Which I believe allows you to see who is following your blog and see who is a regular reader. I think comments and feedback would also fall under this pillar. The fourth thing is “permalinking” allowing you to easily find and the blog you are interested in. Once you find a blog you life you can simply bookmark it and head right to the new posts on the front page. The last pillar is “syndication” which makes it possible for people to keep up with their favorite web sites and blogs in a preset manner that's easier than checking them yourself.