On Blogging
So it's that time of year again, I'm stuck in the Sth. Ken library with nothing better to do that to play around with my old blog again.
I often wonder if I should post to this thing more often, but then I figure that the people who I would be communicating to already talk to me over IM or phone pretty much every day anyway.
Blogging is a great way for remote people you maybe can't speak to face to face, or over the phone.People you don't even know. Fans of your work say, or people researching something you write about.
I, however, don't have much to write that I figure people would want to read regularly. I don't have a specialist subject worthy of blogging, and people are fairly aware of my comings and goings via Facebook or Google Talk.
Back in school, and prior to the 'MySpace' revolution, it was on personal websites and forums that extra-curricular activities were discussed and photos were published. It was then that my blogging frequency was at it's zenith. I now use Facebook/Flickr for my photos, and any events are organized over Facebook and/or IM.
Besides, I have vastly reduced my involvement with the internet on a technical basis and am more a layman when it comes to my use of it. I Google, Email and Facebook like the common people now. Sure, I'm always interested in new technology, I'm not an old man yet. Though I'm also not one to live in the 'Beta Land' of new software as much as I was. I don't need Firefox Extensions to be a happy computer user, I don't need to know the latest programming language in order to navigate the internet (as I once thought I did).
For example, I own a Macintosh notebook, I know it has loads of geekiness under the hood, but I'm now only bothered about it's good looks and ease of use for the basics of computing.
The bleeding edge of technology is a good distance ahead of me now. I'm more knowledgeable than most, but I don't think myself to be an expert at anything anymore. And you know what? I like it back here.
I often wonder if I should post to this thing more often, but then I figure that the people who I would be communicating to already talk to me over IM or phone pretty much every day anyway.
Blogging is a great way for remote people you maybe can't speak to face to face, or over the phone.People you don't even know. Fans of your work say, or people researching something you write about.
I, however, don't have much to write that I figure people would want to read regularly. I don't have a specialist subject worthy of blogging, and people are fairly aware of my comings and goings via Facebook or Google Talk.
Back in school, and prior to the 'MySpace' revolution, it was on personal websites and forums that extra-curricular activities were discussed and photos were published. It was then that my blogging frequency was at it's zenith. I now use Facebook/Flickr for my photos, and any events are organized over Facebook and/or IM.
Besides, I have vastly reduced my involvement with the internet on a technical basis and am more a layman when it comes to my use of it. I Google, Email and Facebook like the common people now. Sure, I'm always interested in new technology, I'm not an old man yet. Though I'm also not one to live in the 'Beta Land' of new software as much as I was. I don't need Firefox Extensions to be a happy computer user, I don't need to know the latest programming language in order to navigate the internet (as I once thought I did).
For example, I own a Macintosh notebook, I know it has loads of geekiness under the hood, but I'm now only bothered about it's good looks and ease of use for the basics of computing.
The bleeding edge of technology is a good distance ahead of me now. I'm more knowledgeable than most, but I don't think myself to be an expert at anything anymore. And you know what? I like it back here.
posted by Jon at 1:16 pm
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