Happy Blogiversary!
Ok, so today is not actually my blogiversary. But since I’ve missed my past two (2008 and 2009), as compensation I’ve chosen to celebrate today. The reason is because I was reminded of the following quote, which I posted on a previous blogiversary. It reminds me of why I blog and why I think media such as blogs, Facebook, and Twitter are powerful tools for good (are you reading this Shane Hipps?). The quote is from Gordon Atkinson, the Real Live Preacher himself. And you can’t argue with RLP.
“…this blog is a personal thing. Blogs are intended to be that. They are, we might say, a record of a person’s life. An old way of thinking might lead you to say, ‘What makes you think anyone wants to read your personal diary, you self-absorbed fool?’ A new way of thinking suggests that we are all adding to the collective information network of the blogosphere. Whether or not anyone reads your work isn’t the most important question. It’s the larger idea that’s important. We are reading each other’s lives. We are learning about each other and beginning to know each other across previously insurmountable geographical and cultural barriers. I like being part of that.” (full text here)
On a related note, my plan is to recycle old blog posts for at least a few months, with hopes that no one will notice. I’m thinking it will work.
