Russell Beattie on The Last Page

So Russell is hanging it up. This, too, is a natural part of life: people come, people go.

I seldom read Russell in the past year, and never really warmed to him. Not that that has anything to do with his turning off the light. The reasons to stop are as ideosyncratic and imponderable as the reasons to start. There are probably millions who quit every year. Maybe these guys, like Dave Winer, can’t really adapt to this new brave new blogosphere, “that has such people in it.”

Somehow I think there should be a website dedicated to those who have quit, though: a sort of memorial. We could put virtual wreaths on virtual graves, since it is a kind of death: the end of blogging. We could even have a virtual ceremony.

Campfire: Basecamp Integration More Important Than Mobile

Russell Beattle bitches that Campfire isn’t mobile, but I am less concerned about that (although it might be a nice-to-have) than the lack of integration with Basecamp. Good news:

[from Jason Fried’s comment to Jason Fried on Campfire]

Stowe, ever try to have a chat with 7 people in IM? Every try to just coordinate that? And then what happens when you close your window by mistake? Oops, it’s all gone and someone needs ot invite you again. It’s an effen nightmare.

IM is great for one-on-one, but miserable on many levels for group chats.

Anyhow, today is just day one of Campfire man. We have a lot planned for this bad boy — including some integration with a certain product you like. ;)

So it looks like I will get my wish, even if Russell doesn’t get his.