I can understand how people get sick of bloggers babbling about blogging. I'm somewhat sick of the rhetorical voices in my head babbling about blogging.
If you want some attempts at insight, riddled with lots of blogging introspection, read on...
Journaler's are prone to introspection, yes? Throw a conversational style in the mix and if the tool at least works, you'll get feedback. More than you want, probably.
Trained in the craft of software smithing (and life) I am compelled to doing things better each time by thinking about what I'm doing to remove ineffeciencies and apply improvements. More ingredients for introspection. Also, don't be selfish. Communicate this knowlege so others can grow also-- and re-inforce your internal memory by writing it down.
I resolved to blog in a conversational style. Great...I regress to stream of conscienceness. I better move my expectations back up to "lightweight Journalism."
I'm not sure I like blog-speak. I hate feeling like I need to add blogenunciation to my words by hyperlinking at least one word/phrase in every 2 sentences. It seems to be some demented form of pop-up headlines (as in pop-up video's. I'd considered putting a link to the pop-up video's site on the word pop-up, but no need to be cute to make my point AND elicit wonder whether I'm a hypocrite.) This will lead to a whole new slew of cliches and clique terms, of which I don't want to learn and further seperate me from society. (clue=cluetrain manifesto?, but only in which contexts?) Which brings me to...
The need to hyper-clarify. That's a sign of loneliness. Another potential spice in the ingredients of a blogger's introspection-pie. Related is hyper-ambigous: avoiding all attempts at imperfection.
For some reason I want to wrap this up with: Blogging may be therapeutic, but if you treat your audience like a therapist you've fallen off the couch.
Blogging is a fun and rewarding experience. I'm glad it's a community endeavor. I don't want it to be a sub-culture. I want it to reflect culture.
Hmm....we're the generation that consumes culture immensely more than we generate it. Will blogging be the way we "give back", or just another stomach in the digestion process. No need to visit the Roman feast metaphor.
Better stop now or i'll digress into winning an e e cummings abomination award/penalty.
I want to learn how to write and journal better, not blog better.
Future introspective posts will most likely NOT be on the Home Page. At first I thought I had a few things to say about Radio Userland. Nope. The medium, not the method.
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