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Jason Calacanis gave up blogging and I couldn’t resist joining his email list. He just sent out the first email today and Techcrunch has it posted in it’s entirety (it’s not like they can link to it).

Honestly, not a bad job. This hit a little to close to home though (bold added):

In a word, intimacy. This message will go from my inbox to your inbox,
perhaps from my Blackberry to your iPhone. From my sleepy garden
office in Brentwood to your laptop perched on a desk in some high-rise
hotel in Shanghai or your crummy little studio on the LES.

Kidding aside, it was a pretty thoughtful email. Ultimately not much of substance was said and while blogging is changing no one had yet to make a convincing argument that it’s dead. Verdict: long, not very convincing, but worth the read.

How about this theory: some people who have been doing blogging for the better part of a decade are tired of it and are blogging less and trying other things. Some bloggers are spending more time away from the computer, some are working with video, and Calacanis is taking the email route.

The blog may have moved from the small, personal communication tool that it started out as to something much different, but it’s still alive and well. And for every A-lister that is dropping out there are lots of new people gaining recognition and even more starting out.

There is definitely one flaw with moving communications to email though- the only thing I need less than another RSS subscription is more email…

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