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Blogs are journals giving anyone an identity, and an awesome forum for sharing
thoughts and ideas with others of similar interests.
Journal writing used to be a private, personal experience done late at night,
scribbling hardly legible thoughts and daily occurrences down on paper amidst
the haze of a barely lit room. When read over on a later date one could find
connections and coincidences that sometimes brought deeper insights into the
meaning of life. Also, old ideas could be rekindled that otherwise may have
been forgotten forever.
In the 21st century a strange new type of journal writing is becoming prevalent
in contemporary society. Called Blogs, these are journals used by the masses.
Why are people sharing their thoughts instead of keeping them private like the
days of old? These journals are found on the World Wide Web and can be used
for a number of purposes. The Web is a public sphere and human souls are realizing
that sharing their ideas and beliefs can have that same epiphany type of effect
on others as the old type of journal had on the personal writer. People are
also feeling that they have an identity, and putting it on the Web is a great
way of expressing themselves. Anyone can do it, and besides words, visuals can
also be integrated into the journal, often making the Blogs very appealing to
readers/ viewers.
Blogs are becoming an excellent way of sharing information on any and every
subject. Instead of searching Google for general sites about surfing, or 60?s
music, one can go straight to a Blog on the subject in question and read daily
thoughts and ideas by others with the same interest as well as expert points
of view. If you own a business, you can see what entrepreneurs already based
in your proposed field feel about the industry. As it?s a journal structure,
the reader can see how certain individual?s beliefs have changed over time.
As the world around us is constantly in transition, humans have always looked
for better ways of living and growing as a species. The Information Age has
helped our society in innumerable ways. On-line journals are becoming the next
step in giving voice to every person who has access to a computer and the Net.
As well as putting one?s identity ?out there? with the masses, people are hearing
the inner workings of minds with similar interests. Blogs are a phenomenon helping
to create a more interconnected, socially aware global community.
About the author:
Jesse S. Somer is a human hoping to help integrate technology with the average
person in society.
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