Malcolm Gladwell Starts Blogging

Posted on March 2, 2006

Malcolm Gladwell, the author of Blink, The Tipping Point and these New Yorker articles started his own blog in February. He originally thought he didn't have enough time to write a blog but has sinced changed his mind.

In the past year I have often been asked why I don't have a blog. My answer was always that I write so much, already, that I don't have time to write anything else. But, as should be obvious, I've now changed my mind. I have come (belatedly) to the conclusion that a blog can be a very valuable supplement to my books and the writing I do for the New Yorker. What I think I'd like to do is to use this forum to elaborate and comment on and correct and amend things that I have already written. If you look on my website, on the "Blink" page, you'll see an expanded notes and bibliography, which mostly consists of copies of emails sent to me by readers. Well, I think I'd like to start posting reader comments for everything I write, and this is a perfect place for that. There are also times when I think I've made mistakes, or oversights, and I'd like to use this space to explain myself and set things right.

The blogosphere is not brand new anymore but it is still not too late for a well-known writer to launch a blog and build a readership. Gladwell has proved this by quickly accumulating nearly 400 inbound links according to Technorati. He does need to add a link on his blog that goes back to his website where he sells his books and lists his bio.