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What's a blog? Why do you blog?
A friend asked me this afternoon what a blog is. Well I found some good definitions here. DominoPower had an article a couple months ago about why people blog in the Domino community. It's worth a read as it genaralizes across other communities as well.
So answer me this:
1. Why do you blog?
2. Do you read other people's blogs? If so, why and how often? Do you use a feed reader?
I blog for several reasons. For one, it gives me a chance to test out some new web technologies that I am learning. Also, there is lots of stuff happening technologically and blogging about it gives me a place to keep track of links to the sites and weigh in on it with my opinions as I see fit. It is also fun as there is a kind of virtual community among those people whose blogs I read and write about. The virtual cross linking via content and comments interests me and is a great way to network.
Blogging adds a new dimension to events like Lotusphere. It was great being able to let the people back home know what I was doing and it was great to be able to read my colleagues comments soon after sessions ended. I also learned of new sessions and adjusted my schedule accordingly.
I read lots of blogs. Many are listed to the left. I need to update that list as my list continues to grow. I learn of new ones through other blogs. And yes, I use a feed reader. A good blog, in my opinion, has to provide a feed. Feeds let me quickly find out what's new and on the minds of those blogs that I find valuable. I do know a few non techies that have blogs without feeds and, while I still read them, it is more of an effort because I have to go to the site and manually look to see if there is anything new.
The other nice thing about feeds is that you can keep up on industry and world news. I use Wired, Slashdot, and Topix.net feeds among others to keep track of the news.
Let me know you thoughts.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at 11:05 PM.
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