Back in the day we had these things called webcams and bloggers would set them to take snapshots every few minutes and automatically upload them to their blogs. As an example, Kottke had his running for a long time: http://kottke.org/cam/
Gamers stream themselves practicing and playing matches live on Twitch so regularly that fans can sponsor or make donations and its become a form of income for them. Podcasters often run a live stream while they're recording and have open chatrooms for live discussion in the moment.
It seems like we've found ways to peak behind the curtain in some media forms already. The desire for this type of interaction has been there for a long time and in some communities is already being met with different technology solutions. For blogging, what is old is new again.
Gamers stream themselves practicing and playing matches live on Twitch so regularly that fans can sponsor or make donations and its become a form of income for them. Podcasters often run a live stream while they're recording and have open chatrooms for live discussion in the moment.
It seems like we've found ways to peak behind the curtain in some media forms already. The desire for this type of interaction has been there for a long time and in some communities is already being met with different technology solutions. For blogging, what is old is new again.