Directories and Weblogs

Dave Winer, three years ago today:

« Authoring a directory is a lot like maintaining a weblog. On a weblog you post on a timely basis, but links fall off the bottom. On a directory you save the valuable non-time-based links. There's the fundamental difference between a weblog and a directory. A weblog has the current stuff, and a directory has the permanent stuff. Connecting the two structures is an interesting user interface problem, and a social one. I have to prime the pump, to get people interested in doing their own directories, I guess I have to create directory envy. »

I use a combination of directories and weblogs for keeping track of things on the web. Of course as better search and the use hierarchical categories become more widespread in weblogs the distiction becomes a bit blurred.
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