Blogging

On the internet, it's tough to manage word of mouth. It seems like we're bombarded now with viral advertisements, odd promotions, and strange product tie-ins. No one can look you in the face over the internet — which means that it's tough to establish trust, conversations can get angry a lot quicker, and civility is often in short supply. It's tough to prove to people who don't know you that you have something worthwhile to say. It's tougher still to reach strangers on a personal level, operating just through words on a computer screen, an ongoing virtual conversation.

And yet, somehow, it happens.

-- "Blogging: The History and the Spirit" by Ben Domenech, Boundless Webzine

Boundless has a focus on blogs this week; they've even started one of their own!

It's interesting, seeing that I've just put an end to one that I'd been writing regularly in, the reasons for which are partially explained in the Boundless articles. Maybe one day I'll explain this in greater detail -- one day when I'm not totally exhausted from work and in need of sleep. :)