Blogs (2004)
I just stumbled across a Blog with its first entry stating that the author is enrolled in some kind of Blog writing seminar. A Blog writing seminar … WTF, mate? Is there a subtle art to this that I am unaware of? I wanted to find out, so I surfed my “next blog” button and this is what I found:
What do they teach in these Blogging seminars?
It occurred to me that a large proportion of those teen-angst Blogs could be entirely fabricated for the entertainment of their readers, after all is anyone really THAT daft that they wouldn’t just move on and find someone else to have a hopeless crush on? Those Blogs run like a daily soap opera, and I would see their appeal if there weren’t so many of them.
I actually have stumbled across some interesting Blogs, my favourite being the one about bumble bees and other such scientific fun. Then, of course, there’s Jeremy’s Blog, the only one “featured” on my sidebar.
There are also a huge number of Blogs written in languages I can’t read, so there is some potential there for me to be missing out on very important information. Perhaps the Blogging seminars in Paris are of a much higher calibre than those in Singapore, but I’ll never know because my French is a little rusty.
I also realised that my “next blog” button is only linking to the most recently updated Blogs, which helps explain the predominance of those daily soap operas over anything with really interesting content. Unfortunate for me since there’s only so much streaming Alannis Morisette I can handle.
I hope those Blogging seminars are teaching something important, perhaps we’re on the verge of a whole new era of Blogging. Gone will be the days of fluorescent pink diaries that would be better suited to being padlocked and hidden under someone’s pillow and in their place will be a truly fascinating array of Blogs titled “My first blog”. You can guess how interesting they will be.
- A lot of Blogs from Singapore with horrible poppy background music and a strong pink theme bearing a very persistent popup asking me to install software with the only available option being “yes”.
- Several Linkin Park Blogs with equally annoying background music.
- A majority of teenage angst / broken heart Blogs leading me to question why teenagers continue to subject themselves to constant rejection from the same person over and over again.
- A few Blogs showcasing decent photography, but a larger number of Blogs showcasing awful photography (Do I really want to see a blurry picture of an aeroplane parked at Melbourne airport?)
- A lot of blatant advertising with 100 Blog entries linking to the same commercial page.
What do they teach in these Blogging seminars?
It occurred to me that a large proportion of those teen-angst Blogs could be entirely fabricated for the entertainment of their readers, after all is anyone really THAT daft that they wouldn’t just move on and find someone else to have a hopeless crush on? Those Blogs run like a daily soap opera, and I would see their appeal if there weren’t so many of them.
I actually have stumbled across some interesting Blogs, my favourite being the one about bumble bees and other such scientific fun. Then, of course, there’s Jeremy’s Blog, the only one “featured” on my sidebar.
There are also a huge number of Blogs written in languages I can’t read, so there is some potential there for me to be missing out on very important information. Perhaps the Blogging seminars in Paris are of a much higher calibre than those in Singapore, but I’ll never know because my French is a little rusty.
I also realised that my “next blog” button is only linking to the most recently updated Blogs, which helps explain the predominance of those daily soap operas over anything with really interesting content. Unfortunate for me since there’s only so much streaming Alannis Morisette I can handle.
I hope those Blogging seminars are teaching something important, perhaps we’re on the verge of a whole new era of Blogging. Gone will be the days of fluorescent pink diaries that would be better suited to being padlocked and hidden under someone’s pillow and in their place will be a truly fascinating array of Blogs titled “My first blog”. You can guess how interesting they will be.
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