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Why Do We Blog?
(Sandhill Trek blog)
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"Why do you blog?" I asked. I like easy answers, and by asking others perhaps I hoped to find the easy answers for myself. Certainly, I thought, it would be valuable to compile insights from some of the articulate digital self publishers known as "bloggers." Little did I know it would turn into a hobby. Here are reflections from thirty-five bloggers.Interesting comments, especially from the ClueTrain guy who blogs because his editors never allowed him to write "F*ck!" in print. For me, I call this a "noteblog" ... because that's what it is: a public notepad where I write down my thoughts, reactions, rants and other assorted mindstorms. These thoughts are going to come out of me one way or another, and for me it's probably better to play the role of self-proclaimed guru/genius -- or village idiot -- on the Internet than it is to play that role with family, friends and associates, after all I have to live with those people.
I spend a great deal of time working on a computer each day so it's also easier this way than to scribble those notes down in a Moleskine journal, which I do keep as well. But the more I blog, the more I realize how useful this might be in 10-15 years (I'm not new to blogging, been doing it since 1999): using web technology, I'll be able to look back and see where my head was at during a particular moment in time. One day, if my kid (who's yet to be born) says, "But you just don't understand Pops, it's different than in olden times when you were my age!" I can say, "Hey, I blogged about that stuff, like that 17 years ago, kid! Now give me that PlayStation12 controller so I can beat you down in Madden 2016!" For me, the act of blogging, online, actually helps clarify my thinking in the real world.
The other thing is, I have this need to write frequently, and blogging alleviates some of that pressure. It's much more fun than writing proposals and memos at the office. I strongly believe that any kind of writing makes you a better thinker, and the side benefit of blogging (sometimes) is that you potentially have millions of people out there who can tell you if what your saying makes sense ... or not.
But at the end of the day the answer to this question is the same as it is to almost any question: why do I blog? Because I can.
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