When a blog is a workbook.
Pro’s.
It’s great for multi-media. Cross references web sources and integrates with the web. Cross references articles. Makes information available to others.
Con’s.
The setup is designed for diary’s which means you get a very linear and sequential path of thoughts. Ideas need to branch and flow, spread and converge.
There’s an opening in the online market for a flexible workbook / blog capable of tying up all the elements in a non chronological sequence. No design process is strictly sequential. Lets have more flexibilty.
The internet is a multi-dimensional space. It isn’t limited by the capabilities that paper has so why do we recreate the limitations of paper in virtual environments?
Have a look at this demo app from the PaperVision3D SDK. This is much better. It’s messier, tactile, flexible.