http://ifacethoughts.net/2006/10/09/bloggers-no-good/ Thoughts on software development and related, by Abhijit Nadgouda Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:39:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://ifacethoughts.net/2006/10/09/bloggers-no-good/comment-page-1/#comment-2577 On Blogging, Again on iface thoughts Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:44:51 +0000 http://ifacethoughts.net/2006/10/09/bloggers-no-good/#comment-2577 [...] Tony Hung writes about blogging ignorance, even within the tech community. He mentions an article by Mr. Binstock where he criticizes blogging because majority of the blogs are silly and personal. I think there are a couple of things to consider here. One is that there is no system to blogging. Blogging is one of the activities with least restrictions, so that anyone can start with it, including kids. Blogging is not about any subject, it is up to the blogger whether it is focused on any subject or not. I think this is touted as one of the evil things in blogging, which I think is the biggest advantage. Blogging is about self-expression whether you are doing it for yourself or others, whether it is on a personal matter or professional, whether it is about your kitchen or computer, whether you do it everyday or once a year. As a reader, it is quite easy to avoid blogs that you do not like, or the other way round, it is quite easy to find blogs of your interest. This is not the first time that bloggging and bloggers have been accused of being insincere. I think the biggest problem is that a lot of us consider blogging only within their context. There have been a lot of examples where journalists blame blogging because they see it as a competition. Blogging does not specify a purpose, it is like a tool that can be used for many works and can give many advantages. [...] [...] Tony Hung writes about blogging ignorance, even within the tech community. He mentions an article by Mr. Binstock where he criticizes blogging because majority of the blogs are silly and personal. I think there are a couple of things to consider here. One is that there is no system to blogging. Blogging is one of the activities with least restrictions, so that anyone can start with it, including kids. Blogging is not about any subject, it is up to the blogger whether it is focused on any subject or not. I think this is touted as one of the evil things in blogging, which I think is the biggest advantage. Blogging is about self-expression whether you are doing it for yourself or others, whether it is on a personal matter or professional, whether it is about your kitchen or computer, whether you do it everyday or once a year. As a reader, it is quite easy to avoid blogs that you do not like, or the other way round, it is quite easy to find blogs of your interest. This is not the first time that bloggging and bloggers have been accused of being insincere. I think the biggest problem is that a lot of us consider blogging only within their context. There have been a lot of examples where journalists blame blogging because they see it as a competition. Blogging does not specify a purpose, it is like a tool that can be used for many works and can give many advantages. [...]

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