Why Blog?
It’s one of those universal quandries that force us to scratch our heads in a vain attempt to explain why on earth we put our daily experiences into blog form for the whole world to see (if properly tagged, otherwise no-one will see it) and why we read the intimate details of our fellow bloggers lives. The explanation is beyond even myself but I have a friend who speaks very highly of the experience. JayJay, a Web 2.0 whizz (Google the name, see, it’s her) and it was her who encouraged me to start my own proper blog so it is to her I attribute my net presence.
If you clicked on my blog by accident when Googling something like “Mallozzi is a talentless hack” then be warned, my life is not very interesting and I simply cannot imagine what manner of banal trash will occupy space here as I (vainly) attempt to be witty and pithy but bear with me, amongst the desperate attempts to be witty and pithy I might just say something interesting.
Why do we blog you ask?
Personally, I blog for a number of reasons. I blog to keep myself on track. I blog because I’m addicted to statcounters and googlebots. I blog because I like the idea that I can control my existance online. I like how I can form an identity just the way I like it. I also love writing. I don’t write for anybody apart from myself. There is self censorship issues but I tend to only say things that I would I say in real life. Hence no nonsense drivels.
Don’t blog unless you want to do it and ENJOY doing it. It gets better over time. People often ask me why i do it and how they can’t understand my discipline of updating regularly. It’s because I walk around going “I can blog about that, this – I can flickr that, i can youtube this” – It’s great!
ALSO – I just f*cking love New Media. It allows you to be at the same level as, say, the head of radio scotland!
I have only commited one small shred of my mind to the vast and unforgiving void that is the internet (no, I’m not always like this, being self-consciously lyrical to seem more interesting) and I have found the experience oddly gratifying. Will definately keep it up, even if I am only talking to myself.