
So
Scamps gone to write a book...
I thought this was a shame, I've enjoyed his blog since I started looking for jobs in advertising and found some real gems of wisdom, some from him, others from comments left behind.
But without trying to sound like a div, what Scamp had there was more than just a blog. I'm sure it started that way but it ended up being a portal for advertising creatives, planners, gossip spreaders and the odd suit. People would use his site as a way of connecting with other sites through the comments left and his links, I was fully aware that if I ever made a comment on Scamp then it would result in double the hits over the next 24 hours. I'm sure others where aware too,
Wal for instance used to comment on a regular basis and through this people came to know him and followed his blog.
To me it does seem that someones sorta pulled the heart out of the advertising blogosphere a little now Scamp has stopped, if there was a spare minute I'd go on, read some comments, visit new blogs and read new stuff. I'm sure that's how many of the people reading this now ended up here.
I'm sure Simon was well aware after some time what his audience wanted, they wanted to comment, they wanted to share stories and to gossip. The amount of comments in 24 hours he could pull was a credit to some of his astute observations of the industry, certainly someone spouting garbage on a daily basis (me) couldn't keep that amount of people coming back.
And now what?
Where has this conversation gone to?
Will anyone step up and fill the gap?
Maybe. Maybe he'll be back when the book written, I personally suspect he'll miss the buzz and will return, and the mass conversation will start right where it ended last week. Time will tell.
For one thing though, thinking about all this, plus the fact that
Wal,
Iain Tait and
Biscuit Barrel seem to have new looks, I thought I'd join the crowd and make my site more in line with my personal site. I've even gone and got myself one of those fancy blogroll link bar thingys.