Why We Blog

There are many different reasons why we blog. We can blog to inform, connect with other people who share our same interests, or to document our life. Many people use blogging as a means of communication and to keep in touch with people. Like social media sites blogging allows you to state your own opinions, but it takes away the instant feedback that you might receive when you post a status on Facebook. As a blogger you are taking an active role in analyzing and posting information. Even if you are writing a blog about your personal life or a food blog you are actively choosing what you post. You are informing others of what you are doing or issues that are important to you. 

I think one if the most popular forms of blogging is to document your life or documenting something that is important to you. Blogging important events allows for family and loved ones to stay connected to you through those times even if they are far away from you. As the article says it can almost be called a 'be-log' because you're documenting your being. The reading is always done by choice and is never forced it becomes more voluntary than intrusive. I think blogging has also taken over for journaling or even scrap booking. I know a lot of people hat have traveled for education purposes or even just for fun that have used blogs to document their trip. It allows you to reach more people than just sending it in an email and also can be used to remember the important moments in your life. 

Blogs have gotten a lot bigger and more influential since the article was written. They have become a business and are used now in classrooms settings and work environments. It is a great way to market a product and to connect to people like never before. You can form connections from around the world with people who share a common interest with you.

Here's the article if you want to check it out. 

First Video Post

Because who doesn't like watching a tiny hamster eating a tiny burrito.