Comments on: I Blog, I Tweet, But Why

By: rhhfla4895

rhhfla4895 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:53 +0000

Very well stated. Blogging is in large part about the self-learning. With a bit of editing , the post would be suitable for the home page at Typepad or WordPress.

If your wife did not comment, you would be missing one part of the "learning". The dog also probably has a few comments but is too respectful to mention them.

By: micah105

micah105 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:53 +0000

not to belittle the post at all Brad, but I would imagine there are few folks that have blogged for 4 years and said, "man, this sucks! Its the worst thing I ever did."

So, I ask you, was there a specific moment where it moved from a "learning experience" to a "defining experience"?

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:53 +0000

From one four year old to another, congrats on the four years and we're all just assholes trying to figure this stuff out.

By: bfeld

bfeld — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:53 +0000

I'm not sure what your definition of "defining experience" is, but I don't think blogging has crossed over to that point for me yet.

By: Jamay

Jamay — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:53 +0000

Brad, I really enjoy your blog and have learned much about technology. As I say to my (usually older) friends and relatives as I encourage them to check my rudimentary blog, "there is no going back." translation: There won't be hand-written, newsy updates with pictures of the kids included arriving in your mail box monthly.

By: alan_shimel2002

alan_shimel2002 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:53 +0000

Brad – like you blogging has taken on a life of its own for me. There is so much in my life that has been enriched in my life via blogging. And much as you thank Fred, I thank you for starting and inspiring me on blogging.

To Micah's question: Actually I would cite 3 events that made blogging a defining experience. I actually blogged about each of them and would have to go back and look. But they are about why I blog (i think it might be called, I blog, there for I am), being recognized in the streets of NYC from my blog picture and lastly speaking to analysts and press on a "equal footing" with them having read my blog much as I read there reports.

By: lou_paglia

lou_paglia — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:53 +0000

Absolutely a virtuous circle in blogging, blogging is participation but I'm sure there is a direct correlation between those who write and those who read blogs. Thus by reading more, you learn more just so you can continue to participate and quite honestly, keep up with the conversation or meme of the day.

I admit, I started blogging to engage in the space that I work, same goes for Twitter and Friendfeed. I think I would do it just as much if I worked in a different industry but I wonder what the drop off would be if I was working outside the chamber.

By: jerry_w_lew6215

jerry_w_lew6215 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:53 +0000

To me, there is such depth on nearly any topic you want through many bloggers -- and fast! Last fall I lost a close friend in a rafting accident in Ecuador, and most of the immediate news came from a blogger there. I'm following the smart grid closely here in Boulder, but realizing how much is going on around the world in that arena from bloggers.

I was very surprised, and blogged about it briefly, that the Bolder Boulder race today was not live on TV, nor could I find it on radio (maybe I just could not locate it.)

Race organizers chose Fox, and they will do a tape delay on TV. I walked the course, then got home hoping to see the elites race.

After all, yesterday I watched the mars landing live on NasaTV on my laptop. Talk about a business opportunity for someone to stream the Bolder Boulder live!......more immediate news is really what it's all about.

I think the Bolder Boulder screwed up by switching their live coverage to a delayed viewing on Fox.....what do others think?

By: sheree_mot34091

sheree_mot34091 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:53 +0000

You know what I really love most about blogging? The communication style writing that is acceptable and encouraged in the blogosphere.

I love to write and have kept journals since I was a kid. I always wrote like I was talking to one person. That's why blogging is such a perfect medium for me.

I also agree with the fact that you can just soak up soooooo much knowledge and so many different viewpoints through blogs. When I started thinking about online business after my surgery, it was other bloggers who gave me my education and mentorship, whether they knew it or not.

I would not be where I am today without those people and their brain dumping. Seriously.

By: curryegg

curryegg — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:53 +0000

I like the way your deliver your points. It's true. We're living in the digital life right now. I wonder will it be more on positive or negative effect? Somehow, I have a strong spirite for blogging. I guess it's because of I'm still new in blogosphere.
Nice blog you've here..

By: micah105

micah105 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:53 +0000

alan, thats exactly the type of stuff that I am thinking of. For me, it was when I got a comment from someone I didnt know, or my daily traffic went over 10 visitors. Or, when someone emailed me about a post and how it made them think.

I still try and write as if the only person reading my blog is my mother and me, but I realize that blogging has become part of what I do and who I am.

My favorite description for that exact moment is: "Why you have an experience or thought, and your first thought is, 'Wow, that would make a good blog post.'"

By: jay_cuthre36191

jay_cuthre36191 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:53 +0000

I'm on the fence as to what the long term value of my blog actually was or is. So, I took it down (fudge.org). I also unsub'd from most of the proliferating social network tools. I just realized it was more diary of a moment that was less meaningful with each passing year. More than anything… it is noodling. It was fun. This is just my personal experience. YMMV.