All a person needs is an internet connection, a blogging account which can be obtained for free and some form of literacy. It’s no wonder that blogging has become the most popular form of self publication – long gone are the days where only the techno-elite could manipulate the internet. Even my mum could maintain a blog.
So why is there a tinge of elitism attached to the notion? Arguably, blogging is an extension of the ego that perpetuates relevant and irrelevant opinions to a mass audience. The ego is inflated by elitism in a logical cycle of self indulgence. However with personality fluctuations demonstrated in blogs, doesn’t the ego change face too? Read the rest of this entry »
Comments are off SubscribeI’d like to think that most bloggers draft out posts in order to revise them and remove hyperbole, as I do. For me, posting a raw entry would be like entering a room naked - woefully announcing any unpolished bits and generally embarrassing for everyone. In trying to avoid awkward naked blogs I have developed a weird obsessive behaviour. Read the rest of this entry »
Comments are off SubscribeAt least one blog is created every second. That’s over sixty blogs in a minute, three-thousand six-hundred an hour and around thirty million blogs being created per annum. The world is becoming a blogging tapestry built on worldwide contributions – a global village of sorts.
What are the commonalities and differences between each blog, and what standards and ethics define them? Bloggers are painting the interactive canvas, a detailed picture of how the internet is changing the way we as humans interact and express ourselves. I’d even say that it already has changed how we live. Read the rest of this entry »
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