Mark Dives Out
Mark Pilgrim is leaving blogging behind.
In what appears to be a terse final post on Dive into Mark, he says “It’s time for me to find a new hobby.” All of his RSS and Atom feeds are now returning HTTP error 410: gone.
Mark’s posting frequency has declined since the birth of his child and his move to a new job at IBM. Benjamin Reitzammer of Things to Write Home About found some clues in Mark’s recent posts about how these and other changes may have influenced his decision to stop blogging.
In a way, it’s nobody’s business but Mark’s why he quit. On the other hand, when someone who’s achieved the level of A-list visibility he has in the blogosphere quits one can’t help but speculate. While I respect his decision, I’m sad to see him go. Mark has a dry wit and way with words that have made him one of the best writers — professional or amateur — on the Web today. Dive into Mark was one of the first blogs I added to my blogroll, and was the very first I subscribed to when I installed my first feed reader.
I have a hunch that, deep down, Mark is too much a writer to leave the public sphere of the Net all together. I don’t blame him, though, for wanting to step back from the weblog format when there is so much new and wonderful to experience in his life right now.
Ta ta for now, Mark. We’ll miss you. Do pop back in occasionally.
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