ever tot wat's blogging....

Blogging Is...

1)A form of unedited, authentic self-expression


2)An instant publishing tool


3)An online journal with freshly updated content


4)Amateur journalism


5)Something that will revolutionize the Web (think RSS feeds)


6)A way to create community with your voters, er... readers (think 2,200 comments posted to the Dean for America blog in one day)


7)An alternative to mainstream media (think InstaPundit by Glenn Reynolds and TalkingPointsMemo by Joshua Micah Marshall)


8)A tool to teach students how to write


9)A new way to communicate with customers (think Ray Ozzie, CEO of Groove Networks)


10)A new form of knowledge management inside big companies


11)A way for a bunch of navel-gazers to communicate with one another


12)Something to keep you occupied when you’re unemployed (more people than care to admit fit into this category… have you noticed?)


13)A way to think and write in short paragraphs instead of a long essay (which no one has time to read anyway)


14)Your email to everyone, as A-list blogger Doc Searls puts it (i.e., a way to stay in touch with family and friends)


15)A silly word that’s fun to say (“Gotta go blog now….”)


16)A way of writing with a distinct voice and personality (think Halley Suitt)


17)Something to talk about at cocktail parties (“I blogged Seth Godin and he blogged me back...”)


18)A URL to add to your resume (as in TokyoTim, my 23-year-old son, who’s working as an English teacher in Japan for a year)


19)Something else to do with your mobile phone... think audio blogging and moblogging


20)Something you don’t want your mother to read: what my mother says about blogging

Quote of the DAY: "Wisdom is know what to do next; virtue is doing it." - David Starr Jordan