Genius Toiling in Obscurity

Already, and Always, a Failure

All the big weblogs, the million-hits-a-month weblogs, the I-also-write-for-the-Washington-Post weblogs, are buzzing about a new article by Clay Shirky which explains, through a theory called Power Law, why all the famous weblogs that will ever be are already famous and why the rest of us will never have more than three readers.

Actually, I shouldn't find this too discouraging--I already have more than three readers, especially if you count me.