Blogging
Blogging is not just a pastime for journalists. People of different ages have embarked on an era of blogging frenzy. In fact back in 2001, having a blog was yet a new fad to Chinese. While blog users were propagating in the US and UK, many Chinese tech guys started picking up the trend and instilled blogging into the Chinese culture.
Chinese always ask me if Americans write differently in their blogs. There is not much of a writing style difference but more of a cultural difference. Bloggers use blogs for several obvious reasons:
1. Express themselves
2. Rant/vent about something
3. Write/tell a story
4. Share information
The concept of blogging is universal, but the way we write varies from people to people. Youngsters like to blather about daily nuisances and gossips whereas adults prefer writing more intellectual topics. However, we don’t write uniformly. Our writing preference differs from one another depending on our occupation or/and hobbies.
Take my blog as an example. Its focus is on teaching English, so it ought to be an educational blog. However, every now and then you will find me posting miscellaneous subjects on the blog as a recreational purpose. Other blogs that I have encountered are TechCrunch.com, a technology updates blog, CNN Blog, a news blog, Gizmo, another tech blog, Businessweek blog, by definition a business blog, and so on.
Every blog serves a purpose whether it is a chronicle of your own life or a news site; it is aimed to share information with readers. The beauty of blogging is its interactive nature between the writer and the readers. Usually readers’ comments motivate writers to keep composing quality posts. If a story is interesting, it provokes people to think and talk about it. If a blog is successful, it can draw in a lot of visitors and create a buzz for the website.
I have used blogs as a marketing tool for online promotions or any sort of viral marketing events. If blogs are used right, they keep people coming back to the same site for the latest information that satiates their desires and craving. Nowadays there are video blogs, photo blogs and event audio blogs. The variety is astonishing, but the old school text blogs have never been overshadowed by the new fledging ideas. The point is that old school way works anywhere under any circumstances. If a website does not support stream videos or the bandwidth could not withstand loading a lot of photos, text blogs will outshine all.
Maybe you should try to start a blog if you have not had one and write something on it. It may surprise you of what you are capable of with the magic of blogging.
September 19th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
Nice entry Amy, I thought I’d drop by and have a visit with you through your blog. Your entry is very informative and I hope the rest of your readers reflect on your thoughts a bit. In todays fast-paced world people can easily develop the habit of ‘gobbling down’ information in the same fashion they learn to google down their food in the school cafeteria. Hey everyone! What’s the RUSH?
I want to encourage all our trainees to give themselves permission to s-l-o-w d-o-w-n for brief periods of time every 20 minutes or so. Let your brains absorb what you have been doing or thinking about. Your food does you no good until it is digested. Your thinking processes involve ‘digesting’ thoughts and ideas as well.
Reading blog entries like yours will give the trainees a ‘mighty mental moment’ of relaxation; a mini-holiday so to speak.
It’s nice to see such good quality information and advice from you in your posts !!!
September 24th, 2007 at 12:48 am
Blogging can also be a good writing tool. After I registered a blog, I cannot be that lazy any more. Every time when I open the blog, there is a voice keeping pushing me: “You have to write something!” I have to write something more demanding than those in my diary. Every time when editing an entry, I have to think really hard and write hard too. Blogging is a great practice of putting your ideas in order and deliver them to people. Keep blogging!!
September 24th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Just to record my idea in blog as memorandum.
http://xiaobo.long.blog.163.com/
September 25th, 2007 at 5:26 am
My god, everybody have the blog~~ all of them are english~~
Could be the good mid-autumn festival presents.