Blogs, their influence and the long term changes in the way we are informed
Last week we organized the First Security Blogger Summit in Madrid. I liked the idea from the start because we would be bringing together really interesting people (including Bruce Schneier). I’m glad to see it wasn’t just me who liked it, but also the 200 people (not including Panda personnel who didn’t want to miss it, of course…) who turned up to listen to the speakers: renowned names in the field of IT security and figures whose opinions carry considerable weight in our industry.
Many of those who attended have already published their opinions on some of the issues discussed (Enrique Dans, Security by Default, Error 500, Jorge Hierro, Periodista Digital or ADSLZone). We have also published our own conclusions along with some of the ideas put forward during the event.
At lunch one of the topics that I discussed with JulioAlonso, José Cerdán and Byron Acohido, was how bloggers are changing the media landscape and allowing all of us to be much better informed about the topics that interests us the most. One point that came up during the discussion was that while blogs allow us to have more detailed and up-to-the-minute information on our favorite topics, they also have a secondary effect: we tend to narrow the information down far more and limit it to whatever our areas of interest are.
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