Fussbett wrote:

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,58607,00.html

Needing to let his wild imagination germinate, Gibson has quit writing his creativity-stifling blog which he began in January, 2003.

But then came the war in Iraq, and suddenly everyone was talking about blogs. "Blogging went mainstream," [Gibson] said.

Nevermind the last 4 or 5 times you may have heard that blogging went mainstream, especially the time after the WTC attack. This phenomenon clearly went mainstream well AFTER Gibson was securely on board.