I've been blogging for about 3 years now, which in blogyears means that I'm about 40. (I give it a 13.3333:1 ratio.) Yes, I know that people had obsessively-updated web pages and bulletin boards for years and years before, but blogs only really took off with the introduction of BlogSpot and especially after 9/11.
We'll date it from the year 2001, then.
Aaarrgh. This is what I hate about trying to write seriously. I start windbagging off on tangents and then start qualifying and hedging and as I say below in page 3, section II (c) para. xxvvi, depending on how the case presently in the Court of Queen's Bench proceeds --
Oops, I did it again.
Every now and then I think I should write something for new bloggers or those who are thinking about getting into it. And then I have another beer and somehow the piece never seems to get written.
I'm hardly the ticket to fame with my ~50 readers per day, but I've been doing this awhile, and I've learned a few things in spite of my stubbornness.
So rather than roll out my Grand Unified Theory Of Blogging sometime around the year 2011, I thought I might dispense my wisdom in more digestible dribs and drabs.
Using, for example, the simple Q&A format:
Q: Why should I blog?
A: Because there's a whole wide world out there thirsting for what you have to say.
Q: That would just be pictures of my cat.
A: Welcome to the blogosphere!
Q: Can you please stop saying things like "blog" and "blogosphere"?
A: Nope. We're stuck with 'em.
Et cetera. If I come up with something else, I'll keep you posted.
(Which in itself is a kind of "insider" joke. Ha! Ha! You have so much to learn!)
Comments (2)
DATE: 02/23/2005 09:18:38 AM
Yeah, that term (blogosphere) is kind of annoying!
I'd like to do a survey on the percentage of bloggers who own cats...what do you think? 80%? 90%?
Posted by alsocanadian | May 25, 2009 2:12 PM
Posted on May 25, 2009 14:12
DATE: 02/23/2005 10:23:38 PM
Among LiveJournal or Xanga users, that's probably about right.
Me, I've got no problem with cats, but I haven't had one since I was 10 and I haven't seen a need to replace it yet.
Posted by gnotalex | May 25, 2009 2:14 PM
Posted on May 25, 2009 14:14