I saw a funny skit on The Rick Mercer Report last Tuesday, about the last guy in Canada to create a blog. He was posting on mundane experiences in his life and loading pictures of his frozen pizza, and the punchline was the idea that everybody is so busy writing their own mundane blog postings, that no one had time to read his boring posts.
As I have little previous experience with blogs, this skit has maybe influenced my perception negatively. My hope is that in the next few weeks, the managing/searching of other people's blogs will give me a better sense of how to efficiently enjoy this new, democratizing technology.
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I'm new at this too and I've also had negative thoughts about the whole thing. I still don't know what to think! But I've realized that I don't have much to say to all those millions of potential readers! This class is fun though, so far anyway.
Emily
Yeah, it's a little bit like vanity press. I find it fun to blog for a purpose (the library, international travel, marathon training) but otherwise haven't felt a need to about my everyday life. But it's kind of fun too if you know other people are out there. Using for you guys to "journal" this course makes it practical and good practice....
My extended family uses our blog (not the one you all are seeing) to share pics and comments that everyone can enjoy together. It's kind of like a chain letter!
Ashlyn
I have a website with "journal entries" and photos for my extended family as well, who all live out of state, mostly so that they can keep up with the goings-on of my two little boys. But I don't know that I'd blog without a specific purpose, such as for this class.
Joakim, are you a triathlete? I'm curious about the RunBikeRead title. I occasionally do Duathlons-RunBikeRun :-)
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