who actually uses, or like this blog thing?

[firewizard]

just curious about this whole blog thing
who actually checks other people 's blogs
and who keeps up there own?
is there some sort of enkoyment that comes with this whole blog thing,
for me personally i dont really care for it, but i am interested in why people think its so cool

so yeah your thoughts

[Ugg]

I've tried to start one but just can't seem to find anything to say. I read a variety of them, some political, some personal, some weird. I read a handful of them on a daily basis. The personal ones can be very interesting, sometimes almost voyeuristic. The political ones for an alternative viewpoint and the weird ones just because.

[jelloshotsrule]

i've written in one about 10 times total... it's a good way to kinda keep all your friends up to date on your goings on without having to tell them each separately.... especially if you don't live right near them and it's a matter of emailing them every so often to keep them up to date

of course, some people use it for more, some for less.

i personally think it's a good way to get out deeper feelings on things, and allow people (friends really) to see what i'm thinking/feeling at any given time

[Abstract]

What's a blog? It sounds like email or something, but not.

Sorry, I'm not a big enough computer geek to know. :( Damn it, I knew I should have spent less time with friends and more time on my computer.

[jelloshotsrule]

short for "web log"...

kinda like a journal/diary online... depending on how people use it

[Rower_CPU]

I've got one, but I'm not great about updating it consistently.

http://organicallydigital.com/

I'm still filling in content in some spots...

[eyelikeart]

I also have one with blogger.com...but barely get on it...I always mean to though.

I agree that it's a great way to keep people updated on your life, but for those who aren't as wired as a person like myself...it's an obstacle.

[scem0]

I've had a big distaste for them ever since my sister started a blog and spent hours every day updating it..... :rolleyes:.

I'm about to have my own G5 so now my sister can use the computer all she wants ;).

scem0

[Abstract]

If that's all a blog is, then email is sufficient, thank you. I email friends to tell them whazzup, so blogs = blah!!!

[scem0]

Originally posted by Abstract
If that's all a blog is, then email is sufficient, thank you. I email friends to tell them whazzup, so blogs = blah!!!

but why email each individual friend when you can just post stuff on your blog and they can read it there. It just minimizes the amount of work you have to do.

scem0

[macguymike]

A blog is basically an online personal journal. Its a place for people to record their thoughts and feelings about whatever they feel like talking about. Most blog systems allow for feedback from readers as well.

For some, its easier than emailing several friends every day to tell them what's new.

Of course there are always those like scem0's sister who take the idea too far and waste hours of time posting very little worth reading.

[Abstract]

Yes, but you can always email many people at once about how your life is going. Its not like Blogs are personal emails.

Also, you can write an email that sounds personal (eg: "So hows work. Is it getting busy?"), and not an email sent to a bunch of people, but send it to a bunch of people as a bbc so that the recipient doesn't know that you sent it to lots of people. Thats what I do when I want to tell people how I'm doing, but want to make everybody feel special. ;) :D

[macguymike]

Originally posted by Abstract
Yes, but you can always email many people at once about how your life is going. Its not like Blogs are personal emails.

You are correct. However, what I was trying to point out was that a blog/journal is more than just a group email.

[Kwyjibo]

www.smelkem.com is blog-esque but its more like pointing out why my life and family are dumb; i've been updating every other day or so now :)

[MrMacMan]

:look at web page:
Um... I just posted a comment

What gives?

Why isn't the server listening.

:ahh:
My blog is here (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Mrmacman23)
I don't want to hear how my design sucks, because it aint my design. I can't change it because xanga scuks.

I read to others blogs and I post comments sometimes.

Go to mind if you wish. I updated.

[mrjamin]

i have a blog, but no-one goes their to read it - they just visit to check out my webcam.

...i also succeeded in deleting all my posts by accident. Scheisse!

[zim]

Okay, I know what a Blog is but, what defines the Blog? Is it only a Blog if it has been created by Blogging software? Or has the term Blog become a generic term now and anything that consists of a web journal approach pass as a Blog? Just curious, something that just passed my mind... going to go make some xeroxes oops photocopies.

[MacFan25]

I thought about making a blog, but I never got around to it. I don't really think I would have much to say.

[Abstract]

Well if you have your own webpage, and you update it with regular stories of yourself, like in a journal, that would probably count as a blog, right?

[MacFan25]

Originally posted by Abstract
Well if you have your own webpage, and you update it with regular stories of yourself, like in a journal, that would probably count as a blog, right?
Yep, that's basically what a blog is.

[Foucault]

I've been keeping one fairly updated during the past few months. The thing with a blog is that if you don't keep it up to date, and talk about relevant topics, there's really no point to it. You should also have some interaction with the readers who read your blog. Check mine out at I Blog Blaum! (http://indicaphonic.blogspot.com/)

[Capt Underpants]

Some people start blogs without any writing skills, but after a few months they learn how to analyze situations better tell better stories. Blogs can be a good way to learn how to write. That is just one aspect of blogging. Some are in for the community aspect of it. Bloggers read other bloggers blogs (tongue twister), and get to know each other from each other's blogs. Blogging can also be a good way to have a widespread information exchange. Family from out of state can read your blog to see how you are doing, etc. That's why alot of people love blogging.

[Phil Of Mac]

I blog on philwelch.net. Of course, my blog is a political, personal, and update-on-everything-else-on-my-website blog. It's pretty scattered. And the software is written and served by some shady fellow in San Francisco who goes by the alias "Dan Chan". Other than that, though, it's great.

[Phil Of Mac]

Originally posted by scem0
but why email each individual friend when you can just post stuff on your blog and they can read it there. It just minimizes the amount of work you have to do.

scem0

You could set up and subscribe your friends to an announcement list, but that would be pompous.

[dreamlance]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
I agree that it's a great way to keep people updated on your life, but for those who aren't as wired as a person like myself...it's an obstacle.

I agree since I rarely find the time to write individual emails to everyone about what's going on in my life or theirs but having a livejournal helps because I get to post stupid little things if I want, meet other people and it doesn't flood my inbox with responses. Plus it saves me from having to tell the same story a dozen times when someone asks.

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by dreamlance
I agree since I rarely find the time to write individual emails to everyone about what's going on in my life or theirs but having a livejournal helps because I get to post stupid little things if I want, meet other people and it doesn't flood my inbox with responses. Plus it saves me from having to tell the same story a dozen times when someone asks.

exactly...

and on that same note...I do use yours more often now to keep up... ;)

[wdlove]

I would be like scem0's sister, doing more than anyone would care to read. Have kept up a diary regulary since 1993. I started doing it in Filemaker since 1999. Mine is a Journal for weather, current events, and history. The Diary is for what actually happens each day. It's information that probably no one else would be interested in reading. From the one's that I've seen they are done in sentence structure.

I've got into a bad habit because of nursing, charting was done in phrases.

[janey]

i have a blog...sorta...kinda...but it got replaced with the buymusic rocket that i photoshopped...
also got an rss thingie for it. i rarely update it though, since it's a pain in the neck.
right now i'm trying to get Blosxom (this blogging software thing) to work properly...then i need to get myself something better than a .mac homepage and after that happens i will update my blog at least 2 times a day or so.
my diary on the other hand is radically different. it's basically a folder stuffed with pictures, movies, text clippings, fragments of code and whatever else describes what i felt like that day. it gets pretty big though...:p