James Joyner has excellent thoughts on
the evolution of the blogosphere. I've now been blogging for almost seven years, and the blog world is certainly a differnt place than it was when I started. In some ways it was a lot more fun when it was smaller (and friendlier) place. But thinking about all the great blogs that have started since then, I can't miss it.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2008/06/the-new-new-new-thing/3641/