{"id":3,"date":"2005-03-01T21:42:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-02T04:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ilias.ca\/blog\/?p=3"},"modified":"2008-07-05T13:13:03","modified_gmt":"2008-07-05T17:13:03","slug":"why-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilias.ca\/blog\/2005\/03\/why-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Blog?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This being my first blog post, it begs the question, “Why blog?”
\n CNN<\/a> and The Daily Show<\/a> have been making a big deal about blogging; but I still don’t understand what the big deal is. When Homer Simpson was building his infamous MrX website<\/a>, Lisa told him, “you have to offer people something.” What’s ironic is I want to know what the ability to blog offers me. (forgive me, I’m a Generation Xer)<\/p>\n

From what I’ve seen of other blogs, it’s easily something that can already be done. Other methods to voice one’s opinion, publish news, or keep an online journal, are:
\n– create a website
\n– post to a newsgroup, web forum, or mailing list<\/p>\n

What makes someone prefer a blog?<\/p>\n

Most of my participation on the internet has been in the form of Mozilla<\/a> and Netscape<\/a> user support, which is usually done in a ‘forum’ format, not a blog. Heck, even my website<\/a> is simply a resource of information to help people use Mozilla<\/a> or Netscape<\/a>. There doesn’t seem like much need for a blog. What, amongst what I can offer, is best suited for a blog? Now that I have a blog, what would I offer people with it?<\/p>\n

I don’t have the answers just yet; but I do have a blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This being my first blog post, it begs the question, “Why blog?” CNN and The Daily Show have been making a big deal about blogging; but I still don’t understand what the big deal is. When Homer Simpson was building… <\/p>\n

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