Comments on: unBlog http://hownow.brownpau.com/archives/2004/05/unblog The personal website of Paulo Ordoveza Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:07:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Raffy http://hownow.brownpau.com/archives/2004/05/unblog#comment-2958 Raffy Wed, 19 May 2004 20:40:27 +0000 http://dev.brownpau.com/wp/?p=2154#comment-2958 You've got a good point, in that the so-called "freedom of expression" that having a blog has afforded the public has expanded from a relatively underground faction to the ultra-commercial, "Teen Beat" mutation apparent today, where some people have blogs simply it's the newest thing and because they've grown bored of opening up new e-mail accounts. I guess I haven't been as much in to the blogging lifestyle (so to speak) as you have, so it was only through you that I learned words like "pundit" and "meme" and "moblog". Before all this, I just thought my blog was a personal space where I could anything I wanted. Heck, it is MY blog after all. All this progression, however, made me feel more than a little bit behind in the times, and I wished to some degree that my blog would eventually grow to be as detailed, up-to-date, relevant, and filled with enough weblogger lingo to mark me as a true card-wielding member of the new generation. The irony is while I wanted it, I didn't have the patience to understand all the nuances the blogging crowd had generated for itself. Later on, I came to a realization that this was all totally unnecessary. The fun of having a blog is not having any rules for having one. It's in some ways like organized anarchy: We're all part of this one culture, but we're free from adhering to any set rules. While my weblog could definitely still use an upgrade graphically, I think I'll be fine with what it's been able to do so far. Thanks for reinforcing my thoughts. Sorry for the rant, Pau. ;-) You’ve got a good point, in that the so-called “freedom of expression” that having a blog has afforded the public has expanded from a relatively underground faction to the ultra-commercial, “Teen Beat” mutation apparent today, where some people have blogs simply it’s the newest thing and because they’ve grown bored of opening up new e-mail accounts.

I guess I haven’t been as much in to the blogging lifestyle (so to speak) as you have, so it was only through you that I learned words like “pundit” and “meme” and “moblog”. Before all this, I just thought my blog was a personal space where I could anything I wanted. Heck, it is MY blog after all. All this progression, however, made me feel more than a little bit behind in the times, and I wished to some degree that my blog would eventually grow to be as detailed, up-to-date, relevant, and filled with enough weblogger lingo to mark me as a true card-wielding member of the new generation. The irony is while I wanted it, I didn’t have the patience to understand all the nuances the blogging crowd had generated for itself.

Later on, I came to a realization that this was all totally unnecessary. The fun of having a blog is not having any rules for having one. It’s in some ways like organized anarchy: We’re all part of this one culture, but we’re free from adhering to any set rules.

While my weblog could definitely still use an upgrade graphically, I think I’ll be fine with what it’s been able to do so far. Thanks for reinforcing my thoughts.

Sorry for the rant, Pau. ;-)

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