Tuesday, June 14, 2005
International Weblogger's Day
As you may have guessed from the title of today's post, today is International Weblogger's Day. It's basically a day when a million people like me, who write blogs with semi-regular postings, answer a set of questions pertaining to blogs/blogging that have been posed by the organizers of InWeDay (as those addicted to brevity have chosen to call it). As you will see, I'm not an official participant, since I didn't sign up yesterday. I've decided to be a renegade and answer the questions anyway. What's up now?
Why did you start blogging, how long have you been doing so, and why have you continued?
I started blogging in April of 2004 and there were several reasons why I started. Initially, it was just something to keep me busy during my lunch break. I found myself sending emails to friends that were filled with dumb stories of things that I'd seen or things that had happened to me. At times, I felt like it would be really annoying to receive these types of relatively random emails on a regular basis if you weren't interested in what I had to say. The blog solved that. With my own web site, I can write as much or as little as I want in as humorous or serious a tone as I want about anything I want, but it's up to the readers to decide whether to visit the blog again. This way, I don't feel like I'm forcing my rants upon anyone when they don't want to hear it and people can listen to what I have to say on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis -- whatever frequency suits them best.
Blogging has sort of unleashed my inner ego-maniac. I decide what will be written, which questions will be answered, which comments will be seen. I believe that the general topic of MesteeBlogger would best be summarized in one word: Me. Unless, of course, you were trying to summarize the general topic, in which case you would say "Brian". Seriously, don't you wish you could write about yourself and people would read it? Well, maybe you don't, but I do. I write the blog in an attempt to keep you entertained, but I do so in a fashion that revolves around me. That is what makes me a terrible, terrible person. See? Talking about me again!
Do you think webloggers have a lot of power? If so, what, and how can it be harnessed?
I'm sure some bloggers have some power, though I'm sure that I don't -- not until every reader tells fifty of their friends to read it and they tell fifty of their friends...maybe then I'd have some power and influence like him or her and her friends. Not that they have a lot of power, but things that appear on those blogs could show up in the news if they're controversial enough.
Why do you think weblogging has become so popular?
With such widespread use of the internet, it's not hard to imagine that people want to make their own contribution to the contents of cyberspace. Of course, there are many different motivations: reporting the news, spinning politics, promoting a cause, writing about a hobby, etc. Ultimately, all of these people just want to have their voice heard and give you their take on something they care about.
That's all for now. I'll be back.
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Why did you start blogging, how long have you been doing so, and why have you continued?
I started blogging in April of 2004 and there were several reasons why I started. Initially, it was just something to keep me busy during my lunch break. I found myself sending emails to friends that were filled with dumb stories of things that I'd seen or things that had happened to me. At times, I felt like it would be really annoying to receive these types of relatively random emails on a regular basis if you weren't interested in what I had to say. The blog solved that. With my own web site, I can write as much or as little as I want in as humorous or serious a tone as I want about anything I want, but it's up to the readers to decide whether to visit the blog again. This way, I don't feel like I'm forcing my rants upon anyone when they don't want to hear it and people can listen to what I have to say on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis -- whatever frequency suits them best.
Blogging has sort of unleashed my inner ego-maniac. I decide what will be written, which questions will be answered, which comments will be seen. I believe that the general topic of MesteeBlogger would best be summarized in one word: Me. Unless, of course, you were trying to summarize the general topic, in which case you would say "Brian". Seriously, don't you wish you could write about yourself and people would read it? Well, maybe you don't, but I do. I write the blog in an attempt to keep you entertained, but I do so in a fashion that revolves around me. That is what makes me a terrible, terrible person. See? Talking about me again!
Do you think webloggers have a lot of power? If so, what, and how can it be harnessed?
I'm sure some bloggers have some power, though I'm sure that I don't -- not until every reader tells fifty of their friends to read it and they tell fifty of their friends...maybe then I'd have some power and influence like him or her and her friends. Not that they have a lot of power, but things that appear on those blogs could show up in the news if they're controversial enough.
Why do you think weblogging has become so popular?
With such widespread use of the internet, it's not hard to imagine that people want to make their own contribution to the contents of cyberspace. Of course, there are many different motivations: reporting the news, spinning politics, promoting a cause, writing about a hobby, etc. Ultimately, all of these people just want to have their voice heard and give you their take on something they care about.
That's all for now. I'll be back.
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