1. While expressing the growing importance of academic blogging, Goldsmith states that writers post chapters-in-progress of their latest books online, through their blogs. He explains that this act of posting works in progress is beneficial due to instant feedback over a vast community, and that the thought of doing this years ago would have rendered the worry that ideas and writings could be stolen. Goldsmith explains that what happens is the very opposite, and by posting your ideas publicly online, they are recognized by the community as being your own. Overall, I do agree with this view of online publishing, but what if someone were to steal an idea from a lesser known blog/website and publish it, or claim that they had the idea first? What does one have to do to become recognizable enough so that your work can’t be stolen?
2. In the section ‘CDs are Dead’ , Goldsmith describes his collection of vinyl to be outdated and somewhat pointless now that he can carry thousands of files digitally. He states that his LPs are now only truly valuable when they are digitally transferred or shared. This article was published in 2005, and since then, vinyl has made an insane comeback. Nearly every band/artist who releases a new album releases a vinyl as well. In the same way that the popularity of purchasing vinyls has risen, perhaps the popularity of seeking and purchasing print will rise as well. Couldn’t each of these ‘outdated’ mediums correlate with the online world, rather than having the internet be the official platform for everything?