In this final addition, I want to stress the solutions or actions we may take in order to build a future for the otakusphere, in order to not simply let it idle+die, confined to a very small subset of the internet, and still less attractive to the mainstream of fans. Briefly, it comes down to our stimulation, our lineage, and our unified spectrum, or how we appear externally.
Tag: オタク圏
Our Future: オタク圏 1
Posted by - November 20, 08
Perhaps I shan’t be the one to call the draw, but has anyone noticed the author rollback this year? Want me to yield good examples: Lawson and Garten… to blissmo and those Yukaners (glad it wasn’t a cult bunny.. well you know).
These matters cannot be helped, but it does grind the grade of the otakusphere.
Ryan Has El ノート, Blog Lensing
Posted by - September 21, 08
How many of bloggers read other blogs in abundance, totali I know? I’m not sure where “reading other blogs more than writing your own” stands in the sphere, but I don’t find it negative, other than being extremely time-consuming.
Presumably, most who do are of the nu-school bloggers or writers of highly-meta blogs, such as the infamous アニ・ノート. While some of the big names (RC, Memento, Hop Step Jump!) may read here and there, I don’t think they have a large feed list (do they read their blogroll?).
Get Meta, with Google Reader
The great thing about アニ・ノート is that it acts as a [meta] filter for the otakuken. By paying attention to Author’s posts, a wide variety of the community is put into context, and much of the hassle about checking the reader for articles is taken away. Still, Author is one man, and the variety keeps growing.
I surely do not know the weight of Google Reader, it seems fine, but I definitely prefer software applications [opposed to cloud]. What interests me is the noting portal、or clippings; yes this is similar to Google Notebook, but more applicable for what I’m aiming at. For the bloggers who read blogs, it’s time for Notes.
This is Space Meta
What Google Reader enables one to do is make noise notes on entries, cut up the entries, and share them into a public feed. O_O! Think about that, reading and noting (not blogging). If there was a group of 5-10 people, each subscribed to 50 feeds, with 20% overlap, they can cover anywhere from 200-400 feeds. Mixing in the notes, if one were to subscribe to their note feeds, how much ground would they be covering, or filtering?
This is a meta-step back from commenting, I think that’s important, because a comment is a conversation within the context, and a note is more like a reflection about the context. In the case of finding what [and possibly more important] to read, with less effort, the outer-context is much more useful.
Implementation
Being feed crazy on Aloe, Dream, I decided to pin my own note-feed to things. Hopefully, those who read blogs may start noting as well, because I’d really like to see how condensed the information and variety can get.
