Two excellent articles in Fortune Magazine report my favorite aspects of blogging.The articles are entitled "10 Tech Trends" and "Want Truth in Advertising? Try a Blog."
The reasons I love blogs are:
(1) I have a world of experts at my fingertips. In the past 5 years that I have been reading blogs, I have not made any purchases for our home or for personal use, read any books, watched any movies, done any research without consulting my free experts in each field.
(2) I feel powerful again in the knowledge that individual people do have power over the world we live in (for example, the Trent Lott experience.) I love the way that blog writers know that those reading their site have the ability to talk back. When was the last time you talked back to the TV or the newspaper?
By the way, I live in the Ft. Lauderdale area and newspapers here are feeling the heat. The last time I gave it up, the newspaper called with an offer of $1.50 for the week for 6 months. I did say yes to that. I am worth more to the newspaper as a reader of their ads (which I'm not) than as a reader of their content. I also get the news seconds old on my RSS news sites including NYT, BBC, etc.Why do I pay for the newspaper? I love the human interest already available for me to read.
(3) I never was a huge user of email. It works great for business but is labor-intensive for personal relationships. I prefer people in person. But with my blog I send out my messages to the world of many readers so it is quite a time saver. Also, since the people reading my blog can answer me back for all to read, I get instant feedback if I choose to. For the present, I have comments to my blog shut-off but do have published email.
(4) My fourth reason to love blogs is that we live in a sound-bite world. Posts to blogs are generally short. Over the years, although I read a lot, I started long ago seeking out the best parts of the book and skipping the rest. Blogs simplify this for me by having titles. RSS feeds are amazing as I can choose to receive a short explanation with each title. Did I mention again that they are free?
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Happy 69th Birthday..!!!
Thanks for visiting my blog..
You sound upbeat... and you never know what life will throw at us... might as well look at all as an opportunity for growth.. and build character.
I'm sorry the divorce had to happen at this time.. but maybe it will lead to a new happiness.. if you let it (I know easier said than done... but the books I'm reading by Dr. Wayne Dyers are very motivating.. better to be happy and make the best of all and grow). hugs.
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