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Twitter, FriendFeed, Tumblr, Flickr, Posterous, to name a few, can all serve as a blog. If you look at how Robert Scoble and Louis Gray use FriendFeed, they create for more content there than on their blogs.

Blogs aren’t dead, they’re just fragmenting.

Steve Rubel has always been an early adopter of tools and while he hasn’t been as active on FriendFeed or Twitter as some he has recently fallen in love with Posterous. You can see more on his post. You post blogs to Posterous by sending an email to post@posterous.com. Seriously it’s that easy, go ahead and try it. This isn’t a huge surprise since as I’ve pointed out Steve uses Gmail as command central. I would add that the way he uses email it almost isn’t even email anymore. Steve seriously needs to publish a book on how he uses email.

I’ve been toying with Posterous but really that’s it. Steve is quickly turning it into his personal CMS powered by his email ninja skills.

Some people have declared that blogs are dead. Ironically they always do this on their blog. But with blogs now powering full Websites it makes you wonder if people really need to start their own blogs anymore.

I obviously think they should.

But for those with blogs we’re often left to ask: What do I do with my blog?

I also have struggled with this. Should I try and post everyday? Should I only post when I have something really epic to say? Should I post link blogs? Should I only post about marketing? Should I post more personal topics? The only way I know what works is through trial and error. There is no one right answer. It depends on you, your readers and what your goals for your blog are.

Personally I think of my blog as a repository for a *slightly* higher level of content. A place where I hash out my bigger ideas. A place where I write about what I’ve learned that I think would be useful to others.But I still try and post frequently, almost everyday.

Twitter, FriendFeed, Posterous and all the other places online are where I connect with people and get my ideas or share my random off topic (occasionally inappropriate) thoughts.

My blog is home base.

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