At BEA it was recommended that those of us who blog should do so daily. I assume that they meant it should be done daily if you had some purpose in doing it such as publicizing your publishing endeavors and specifically your books.
But as I am doing this I am wondering about the impact of all this blogging. When asked for a show of hands most people in the room at one of the presentations indicated that they had read someone else's blog just that morning. As more and more of us blog there is more and more to be read and more and more to write. Do we, in the end, have time for anything else?
This situation is an extension of a broader phenomenon. The ipod is everywhere and it holds up to 3000 songs. I am assuming that most ipod owners select the songs they put on their instruments. It is always possible that someone is selling preloaded ipods. Let's see that is an ipod for $300 and 3000 songs at 99 cents. So, the cost comes in at just under $3300. I doubt there is a market like that out there. But who knows.
Anyway, you have to select your songs which takes time. For my part I have not purchased an ipod as much as I like to have music going. Where on earth am I to find the time to program that toy? I have no plans to invest my time in that fashion.
Back to blogging. Isn't this getting to be a rather compulsive process. We publish our thoughts and ramblings and read those of other people. We could spend all of our time engaged in the blog. Whether it is ministering to your ipod or massaging your blogging life it appears we have entered a virtual world where we have virtual lives made possible by our technology. Maybe this is the answer to war and will bring peace in our time. If we are compulsively engaged in our virtual relationship with the content of our technological wonders then we will not have time to do damage to each other. Except in the form of our virtual compulsivity.
But as I am doing this I am wondering about the impact of all this blogging. When asked for a show of hands most people in the room at one of the presentations indicated that they had read someone else's blog just that morning. As more and more of us blog there is more and more to be read and more and more to write. Do we, in the end, have time for anything else?
This situation is an extension of a broader phenomenon. The ipod is everywhere and it holds up to 3000 songs. I am assuming that most ipod owners select the songs they put on their instruments. It is always possible that someone is selling preloaded ipods. Let's see that is an ipod for $300 and 3000 songs at 99 cents. So, the cost comes in at just under $3300. I doubt there is a market like that out there. But who knows.
Anyway, you have to select your songs which takes time. For my part I have not purchased an ipod as much as I like to have music going. Where on earth am I to find the time to program that toy? I have no plans to invest my time in that fashion.
Back to blogging. Isn't this getting to be a rather compulsive process. We publish our thoughts and ramblings and read those of other people. We could spend all of our time engaged in the blog. Whether it is ministering to your ipod or massaging your blogging life it appears we have entered a virtual world where we have virtual lives made possible by our technology. Maybe this is the answer to war and will bring peace in our time. If we are compulsively engaged in our virtual relationship with the content of our technological wonders then we will not have time to do damage to each other. Except in the form of our virtual compulsivity.
posted by Roger | 9:18 AM
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