Blogging...and ramblings of

I think blogging is a really broad category that can function as a lot of things. On the most simple level, I think that it does serve as a diary, weather or not the blogger intends for it to. The things that we choose to write about and our feelings about them are a reflection of ourselves. The best part about a blog is that no one is going to stop you from publishing it. It’s not like an article, where if you speak negatively about a certain thing you stand in fear of having your article cut, or at least heavily edited. With blogging you can say what you truly feel, with no restraints. and that’s why I think it is so powerful. In the role of convergent media and freelance writing, it is essential to have a blog. This gives your readers an outlet to become more familiar with you. Also, it expands your audience by making yourself more accessible.

I think to me blogging serves a dual role. It serves as a sort of diary but it also makes me accountable. For example, if my blog is about doing interesting things, I need to actually do interesting things and report about them on a regular basis.

For random blogs I just clicked on friends of friends until I found someone that I didn’t know…

Blog 1: http://www.adam-cook.blogspot.com/
This is more of a “diary” type blog, but there is also a heavy use of photography. I really enjoyed reading this blog, even though it seemed that it was mostly compiled for people that he actually knew. I think that their reason for blogging was simply to make a meaningful record of themselves, possibly just to look back on some day in the future.

Blog 2: http://morganpea.blogspot.com/
Once again, a diary type blog. It was really difficult for me to engage with this blog because I do not know her personally. I found myself disinterested in what she was doing with her life. Perhaps if she expanded her posts to have a more profound meaning, instead of “this is what I did today”, than it might be better.