A little note on blogging.
I have avoided the whole blogging phenomenon up until now. My typical reaction would consist of a self righteous smirk at all those people hurling unprocessed brain mush into a text box, grasping for some kind of recognition in a vein hope that they will tot up a few more hits and miraculously be writing for the Evening Standard by the end of the week. Blogs? Who would want to sit and write about what's happening in their street or rant about environmentalism in what is basically the most anonymous and overcrowded stage the world has ever seen. It's basically a stadium filled to capacity with every single person shouting their loudest to be heard, along with a ferocious wind of adverts, pop-ups, spelling errors, and informative messages such as 'congratulations your our 1 millionth visitor', 'get f*****/meet girls tonight in Clydebank' and 'Cure your baldness now!'. Furthermore who would want to read what someone from the back end of nowhere has to say about the latest episode of Eastenders never mind the Obama Presidency?
I have overcome most of this cynicism. I'm taking the first (possibly only) attempt to start a blog. I have seen many well meaning and heroic blogs by young people protesting about their unfortunate positions. From Egypt to Burma. Not that my blog will ever include such horrific insights or defiance but it at least shows that blogs can be useful and informative.
I also noticed that bloggers tend to move in circles. It's probably quite easy to access like minded people and allow an open space to note, debate and read about new ideas.
More personally, I think a blog is a better method for keeping in touch and letting people know what I'm up too. It will stop me flooding inbox after inbox across Scotland with my 'Daegu Digest' and instead, if people are interested at all, they can just look up my new blog.
So here we go, I still retain a little bit of apprehension so any comments or replies will be appreciated. Happy reading and wish me luck.
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