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Why I have a blog
Posted on Saturday, December 1st, 2007 at 12:20 pm
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5 reasons I have a blog
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I got an email through this site the other day from a Chinese student doing research on company blogs. I was asked a bunch of questions about my blog (which isn’t a company blog, by the way) including “what is the purpose of this blog?” (or something to that effect). It got me thinking. Why do I have a blog? Here are my 5 reasons for what some people might consider a waste of time…
- I love sharing life with people. I met some interesting people via my previous blog (http://rogerintaiwan.blogspot.com) and I found having a blog motivated me to seek out new and interesting experiences.
- Having an audience (or even just a perceived audience) makes one more critical of one’s writing and work. A personal, non-interactive diary would not push me to produce work of a high standard as a blog that potentially reaches across the globe does.
- As a web developer, blogs are a technology I need to understand. Running and designing a template for my own blog gives me a deeper understanding than I would have from merely reading and studying other’s blogs.
- I believe that everyone has things to learn and things to teach. I believe that a blog allows me to teach what I know, and gain a greater understanding of what I think I know. There is a true saying that goes ‘you’ve never really know something until you have to teach it.’
- I believe participating in the ‘blogosphere’ makes one a better communicator and gives one a more open mind.
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5 Comments
On Sat 01st Dec 07 @ 11:26 pm johno said:
“…that a blog allows me to teach what I know, and gain a greater understanding of what I think I know.”
Well said. For me, that’s a chief inspiration to write a blog; and it’s a rather nice ‘vicious circle’: teach-learn-teach…
On Mon 03rd Dec 07 @ 9:51 pm admin said:
Hey thanks a lot for coming round, Johno, and keep up the great work on ilovetypography!
On Sat 15th Dec 07 @ 2:25 pm Idetrorce said:
very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
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On Wed 19th Dec 07 @ 2:11 pm C.Y.H. said:
My friend, I found that you can be quite academic!!
Nice analysis.
On Wed 19th Dec 07 @ 6:13 pm admin said:
@ idetrorce: What specifically don’t you agree with?
@CYS: Why, thank you