Thursday, August 14, 2008

Power of blogging

I've been blogging for a few years now. No particular focus but I try to capture some of what's on my mind, what's in the media or what others are writing about on the Net. Also, blogging is a good way to reduce paperwork and scraps of paper. (And if you're like me, you sometimes fear you're getting buried in paper.) Have a bright idea (or at least a thought that you believe encapsulates a significant insight)? Blog about it. Find something interesting on the Net that you don't have time to get into at the moment but may want to revisit later? Make a note, concerning the link, on your blog.

Speaking of the Net and blogging, there's a group in Greensboro that's trying, through a blog, to help feed the homeless.

Quite a worthy cause. Check it out now.

Proof positive that the Internet can be put to positive use (notwithstanding the assertion, from John Grogan, NYT best-selling author of the book "Marley and Me," that the Net is a catalyst for the greatest waste of time in human history.)

2 comments:

Brian Shaw said...

Yes, there is power in blogging. The power to be heard (well, at least have the potential to be heard), the power to relieve stress through venting, and the power to unleash the positive and powerful potential in so many of us.

carolina magic said...

Well put, Brian. So many people in my profession (journalism education) dismiss blogging as mindless rambling.

Definitely not so.

If nothing else, blogging is a way to write, capture and store your thoughts on the Net in a safe place (for retrieval later.)