Are Blogs Superior to Law Reviews?

This practitioner commenting here thinks so. (His comment is in regard to reading law professor blogs, not maintaining a blog of his own.):

"Blogs are better for me than L.Rev.s will ever be, in these ways:

1. I need speed. Often, we have a pending appeal that raises the same issues as a USSC case, so we need to do a supplemental brief, or adjust a brief-in-progress, and blogs that give us ideas are great…

2. I need easy-to-digest bites. Sorry, but we don't all have time to read your academic masterpieces.

3. I need a focus on what the law is or conceivably might be in my near future. I like insights into where the Supreme Court's jurisprudence is actually headed, not a Grand Unified Theory of what-might-be if 6 Justices retire and are replaced by Critical Legal Theorists or something.

4. I like being able to jump in discussions, and having other practitioners jump in as well…."