Much Ado about Blogs

Tuesday, July 29th, 2003 at 9:37 PM | Category: Meryl's Notes Blog 1 comment

I don’t want this to become a forum for my complaining of vertigo since I have some place else to do that. Just wanted to let y’all know I am still around and why I can’t post as often.

My buddy Nick has had a lot of good stuff to share. He posted his presentation from Web Design World on The Why and How of Blogging. If you’re here, you obviously understand blogs. There are many who still don’t or don’t realize the potential of blogs beyond the “Hey, family and friends. Here’s what I am up to!” thing.

I’ve managed three blogs this year. This one, the professional-side in which I tell about goings on related to techie, Web design, and writing. The baby blog, which chronicled the development and arrival of my son – it’s no longer updated as it’s served its purpose), and the newest is the Bionic Ear Blog in which I share the adventures of literally changing my life by way of hearing.

My local newspaper, The Dallas Morning News, has recently started a blog. Even with all these blogs popping up, the blogging stats are still low on the number of people using blogs. I won’t even begin to discuss the many ways a blog can be useful and the equal number of ways it’s abused. I believe that eventually like browsers, blogs will find its place in the e-world and live as another killer app just like e-mail.

E-mail had its early adopters in the military then in the BBS (bulletin board system) world, then through places like Prodigy and AOL (man, I had to refrain from saying h-e-double hockey sticks – heh) to ISPs. I still have a few friends who aren’t e-mailers, but they have an account through AOL or their workplace. Two of my three childhood friends NEVER e-mail on a personal basis. Blogs will be the same way. Some people caught on early before blogging apps existed, others got into the game when the apps came along and spread the word, and now it’s reaching mainstream audiences, which will lead to finding new uses for them (Intranets, small businesses, schools, etc.).

Having been an early adopter of a blog, I wish I had written a book on it or given a presentation. Why can’t I do that now? Eh, there are so many out there and good ones by awesome writers. Why add to the fray?

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1 comment

  • Posted by Jeff Partridge on August 5th, 2003, 8:37 AM

    That’s going to change drastically. And soon! The new beta toolbar from Google makes blogging a no-brainer. As soon as folks try it out and find out why blogs are, the number will explode. It’s going to make it a good time to invest in Google, even though the toolbar doesn’t actually REQUIRE you to use their host.

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