Comments on: why do we blog http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/02/why-do-we-blog/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Wed, 23 May 2012 20:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: communicatrix http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/02/why-do-we-blog/#comment-2864 communicatrix Sun, 23 Oct 2005 11:02:42 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1049#comment-2864 <strong>Change your life: write a blog</strong> While I'm new at this whole blogging thing, I think it's safe to say that Why Blog? is a perennial question amongst bloggers. And I include the variations on this, such as: Why am I blogging about this? Or better Change your life: write a blog

While I’m new at this whole blogging thing, I think it’s safe to say that Why Blog? is a perennial question amongst bloggers. And I include the variations on this, such as: Why am I blogging about this? Or better

]]> By: hugh macleod http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/02/why-do-we-blog/#comment-2863 hugh macleod Fri, 03 Dec 2004 02:31:21 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1049#comment-2863 Agreed, Cynthia, but I also mean software suppliers as well, and any other "supply side" products you can think of: Conference organizers, blogging consultants etc. Agreed, Cynthia, but I also mean software suppliers as well, and any other “supply side” products you can think of: Conference organizers, blogging consultants etc.

]]> By: Barry Dorrans http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/02/why-do-we-blog/#comment-2862 Barry Dorrans Fri, 03 Dec 2004 01:42:21 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1049#comment-2862 A few reasons. * Ego. I'll admit to that. * The urge to share. Part of my job is mentoring. By blogging technical stuff I extend my reach to anyone that puts the right keywords into google. * It attracts girls. Ok maybe not the last one. A few reasons.
* Ego. I’ll admit to that.
* The urge to share. Part of my job is mentoring. By blogging technical stuff I extend my reach to anyone that puts the right keywords into google.
* It attracts girls.
Ok maybe not the last one.

]]> By: cynthia http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/02/why-do-we-blog/#comment-2861 cynthia Fri, 03 Dec 2004 01:06:48 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1049#comment-2861 a good 85 percent of those millions really aren't trying to get a piece of anything at all. a good 85 percent of those millions really aren’t trying to get a piece of anything at all.

]]> By: MarkN http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/02/why-do-we-blog/#comment-2860 MarkN Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:38:53 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1049#comment-2860 So now self-expression is a scourge? What complete thought police bullshit. Fuck that! Ultimately the market will be the arbiter. Technology will also eventually provide part of the solution through better link ranking and better culling of ossified blogs. People's experience with blogging will also improve their skill at it. Not everyone has a degree in English Lit. or has spent a career writing copy or has ever done anything remotely creative just for themselves. Has the process of inevitable corruption already started for those blogging from on high? Oh, and most blogs do suck. So now self-expression is a scourge? What complete thought police bullshit. Fuck that!
Ultimately the market will be the arbiter. Technology will also eventually provide part of the solution through better link ranking and better culling of ossified blogs.
People’s experience with blogging will also improve their skill at it. Not everyone has a degree in English Lit. or has spent a career writing copy or has ever done anything remotely creative just for themselves.
Has the process of inevitable corruption already started for those blogging from on high?
Oh, and most blogs do suck.

]]> By: Watson http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/02/why-do-we-blog/#comment-2859 Watson Thu, 02 Dec 2004 23:46:04 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1049#comment-2859 We do what we do because - at least in the moment of choosing to do 'X' and not 'Y' - we feel we must or should, regardless of what it is we choose to do: create a family, take that shitty or great job, make that painting, write that poem. Ultimately, one moving force behind choice making is the need to be 'seen'. Blogging acomplishes potential visibility at the convenience of the blogger. Instant gratification. Watson P.S. I've saved $2,000 of the $50K required to purchase your collected cartoonworks. :) We do what we do because — at least in the moment of choosing to do ‘X’ and not ‘Y’ — we feel we must or should, regardless of what it is we choose to do: create a family, take that shitty or great job, make that painting, write that poem.
Ultimately, one moving force behind choice making is the need to be ‘seen’. Blogging acomplishes potential visibility at the convenience of the blogger. Instant gratification.
Watson
P.S. I’ve saved $2,000 of the $50K required to purchase your collected cartoonworks. :)

]]> By: Alex http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/02/why-do-we-blog/#comment-2858 Alex Thu, 02 Dec 2004 23:38:19 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1049#comment-2858 MS/MSN just lowered these barriers to entry dramatically by launching MSN Spaces aka MS take on LJ etc. type services that don't require the used to do anything except submit marketable personal information. MS/MSN just lowered these barriers to entry dramatically by launching MSN Spaces aka MS take on LJ etc. type services that don’t require the used to do anything except submit marketable personal information.

]]> By: matthew http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/02/why-do-we-blog/#comment-2857 matthew Thu, 02 Dec 2004 23:30:50 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1049#comment-2857 MarkN, of course you meant "regardless," didn't you? Anyway, I think getting to the bottom of why we blog is fruitless. We blog for the same reason we pick up the phone to bitch to a friend about a news story about a politician. For the same reason we journal. For the same reason we gossip. For the same reason we scribble out anything on paper. We do it to express ourselves. MarkN, of course you meant “regardless,” didn’t you?
Anyway, I think getting to the bottom of why we blog is fruitless. We blog for the same reason we pick up the phone to bitch to a friend about a news story about a politician. For the same reason we journal. For the same reason we gossip. For the same reason we scribble out anything on paper.
We do it to express ourselves.

]]> By: matthew http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/02/why-do-we-blog/#comment-2856 matthew Thu, 02 Dec 2004 23:27:52 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1049#comment-2856 MarkN, of course you meant "regardless," didn't you? Anyway, I think getting to the bottom of why we blog is fruitless. We blog for the same reason we pick up the phone to bitch to a friend about a news story about a politician. For the same reason we journal. For the same reason we gossip. For the same reason we scribble out anything on paper. We do it to express ourselves. MarkN, of course you meant “regardless,” didn’t you?
Anyway, I think getting to the bottom of why we blog is fruitless. We blog for the same reason we pick up the phone to bitch to a friend about a news story about a politician. For the same reason we journal. For the same reason we gossip. For the same reason we scribble out anything on paper.
We do it to express ourselves.

]]> By: Katherine http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/02/why-do-we-blog/#comment-2855 Katherine Thu, 02 Dec 2004 22:32:15 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1049#comment-2855 Did you know your archives are broken? Clicking on any permalink gives Smarty error: the $compile_dir '/home/sites/www.gapingvoid.com/web//templates_c' does not exist, or is not a directory. Probably the problem is that double slash in "web//templates.c" I don't think it's a problem with my environment. It worked yesterday and I haven't changed anything. Did you know your archives are broken? Clicking on any permalink gives
Smarty error: the $compile_dir ‘/home/sites/www.gapingvoid.com/web//templates_c’ does not exist, or is not a directory.
Probably the problem is that double slash in “web//templates.c“
I don’t think it’s a problem with my environment. It worked yesterday and I haven’t changed anything.

]]> By: james http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/02/why-do-we-blog/#comment-2854 james Thu, 02 Dec 2004 19:31:11 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1049#comment-2854 It might be down to availability of this type of software that has led to this scourge. It might be down to availability of this type of software that has led to this scourge.

]]> By: Patricia http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/02/why-do-we-blog/#comment-2853 Patricia Thu, 02 Dec 2004 17:09:25 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1049#comment-2853 We blog to "be". I post a link on my blog to you blog and the "why do we blog" blog. I love your drawings. We blog to “be”. I post a link on my blog to you blog and the “why do we blog” blog. I love your drawings.

]]> By: Lars http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/02/why-do-we-blog/#comment-2852 Lars Thu, 02 Dec 2004 16:21:20 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1049#comment-2852 sorry for the faulty link above sorry for the faulty link above

]]> By: Lars http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/02/why-do-we-blog/#comment-2851 Lars Thu, 02 Dec 2004 16:17:13 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1049#comment-2851 It's better to blog than to write for the drawer. The only one reading your stuff in the drawer would be your mum after a premature death or somesuch. I say get the shit out of the system while you're still walking. It’s better to blog than to write for the drawer. The only one reading your stuff in the drawer would be your mum after a premature death or somesuch. I say get the shit out of the system while you’re still walking.

]]> By: MarkN http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/02/why-do-we-blog/#comment-2850 MarkN Thu, 02 Dec 2004 11:05:15 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1049#comment-2850 Blogging is analogous to the way some people move their lips when they read. No, not like the muttering, unfortunate schizophrenic rummaging through your trash. Blogging gives substance to a thought or idea that would otherwise wink out of existence. And it persists irregarless of whether or not anyone else ever reads. Blogging is analogous to the way some people move their lips when they read. No, not like the muttering, unfortunate schizophrenic rummaging through your trash.
Blogging gives substance to a thought or idea that would otherwise wink out of existence. And it persists irregarless of whether or not anyone else ever reads.

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