I have the utmost respect for faith bloggers who also know and love technology - so I’m pointing this out as to where the conversation is going (and has been going for awhile).

The difficulty is - is where the conversation is going. Take a look at the comments under the posts, all guys, some really struggling to keep up to the technology and the sub-language of blogging most readers don’t care about.

First and foremost my respect for Tall Skinny Kiwi, Andrew Careaga, Tim Bednar, Jordon Cooper, et al, is not because they are geeks. It is because they write well, attempt to include others in the conversation, and their love of technology has merely helped them get where they wanted to go. And I believe they want the rest of us to catch up with minimum hassle. But my contact with them has not been because of technical wizardry, it’s been because of comments or emails that have started conversations and fostered mutual respect.

Tim’s post is geek-to-geek. If you look at Andrew’s post, the complaints are valid. And if you look at Tim’s the complaints (in the comments) are valid, and he does a fair job of explaining why he believes the technology should matter. (I found them because of human/blogger effort - I followed links) So, I’m not buying it for a couple of reasons. 
We need technically minded people that are willing to forge through first, and then to explain why the rest of us should trot along with the technology.
But we know not every idea is a good one, and we know most people are not going to catch up. I’m the only person in my real life that uses an RSS reader - and I don’t find any of my online or off line relationships poorer because others aren’t going there. I don’t get complaints because people can’t ‘find’ my blog or posts because they aren’t ‘tagged.’ I’m not socially bereft because I can’t have a conversation about my RSS feed.

If a pastor is so out of touch with his congregation he needs tags or memes and technical social networking - well, then he needs more than tags and memes and technological social networking.

A lot of the professional blogging sites are using tags and social networking to the point I can’t find the post. And commenting - forget it. Too many hoops, too much to scan through to find the right buttons. 
Odd isn’t it?
Blogs are for the most part conversational and interactive and were supposed to move the conversation out of the hands of a few to the rest of us. We’ve reached a point where the competing blog support technology and networking creates hurdles for conversations, instead of assisting the average individual.

I am assuming this english but not entirely certain. But none of it made any sense. Well I don’t tag, and don’t have a blog, just enjoy others including yours.

ar arr arrrr. That wasn’t a delicious flickring digg off the topix. It’s a regular reader commenting at Tall Skinny Kiwi.  Most of us are are where this commenter is, and most of us are not going to wade through all the extra to get what we want or need. That moves from stress induction into anxiety for most people. I will not permit technology to dictate what I am going to read today.

Having said that, as a reader or a blogger - do you understand the conversation at Tim’s and at Tall Skinny Kiwi’s?
Do tags and memes matter to your surfing, reading and blogging habits?