Do you blog?
 

I'm sure everyone agree that activity of blogging has been quite trend in internet culture nowadays. Blogging is much easier compared to creating a website.

At the moment I have two blogs, in the first blog, I constantly write about useful information such as political, internet trends, etc. In the 2nd one, I usually write about my private life (coz it's part of the service, you know, Myspace, friendster, etc)

I think blog is quite useful to voice your opinion both personally or academically. Since entering opinion column in newspaper proven hard, I use blog to voice my opinion, and practicing my writing skill. The other one, the personal blog is usually filled with garbage posts, you know, angsts, rants, etc.

The hardest part is to keep updating your blog I guess, it's need consistency and creative idea to make the readers have interest toward the blog.

So guys, do you blog as well?

I don't blog as I feel (at this moment anyway) that it's a waste of time and that not many people would careto the point of checking my blog out often.

Sort of...
I just post random rants on my website. I am not a member of a blogging site or anything like that.

I have a journal I keep elsewhere where occasionally I'll write a thing or two, though all of the entries are private. It's mostly a thing I'll keep so I can see where I was before and see how different it is from what I'm doing now. It's kinda fun to read stuff I wrote 4-5 years ago and think how trivial some of the things I was stressing over actually were (and hopefully remind myself that the same thing is true of 90% of my worries right now).

I post about anything that intrests me at much as possible on average every second day. I stay away from my real life as much a possible and generally adopt the opinion of an slightly unhinged US Marine Colonel. I mainly write about stuff I see in the news, a lot about movies, TV and games - my last major post was a 2500 word review of Neverwinter Nights 2.
Traffic is generally rising with a couple of hundred visitors a week, many admittadly my friends and others are lost in cyberspace and wander in :)

I keep a Livejournal and my Chocojournal (where I throw random crap).

The closest thing for me is currently my chocojournal where I mainly just post stuff I bought or am currently interested in. I used to write random thoughts down on MSN Live Spaces since no one reads those. Looking back at them, they were pretty trivial concerns to be stressed over. I don't write many notes on Myspace or Facebook since I'm just hooked to my CJ instead.

Blogging is not only the only way that I'll actually keep up a journal, but it's a good place to communicate with friends and acquaintances. I have made many friends through blogging, and get quite a few hits and comments every day. It isn't for everyone, but it's the only way that a piece of my school community can stay in easy contact, and has been extremely useful.

I went to two blogging services and stopped using them for a good bit before I was introduced to ChocoJournal. CJ is better than all those other services because it's more community oriented and crap. I like the extra features that CJ has as well.

I only post about stuff I am interested in, which tends to be boring but still manages to get replies regardless, haha.

I rarely talk about real life stuff 'cause it's even more boring.

I do miss the ferret mood set in LiveJournal though.

Chocojournal is a great place for me dump various thoughts and experiences. I do have a blog, which I use to provide my thoughts in relation to comic books (as it seems that Chocojournal isn't really the place for them).

I don't usually blog, and most of the time I don't feel a need to. The Chocojournal is good for me already when I want some advice or feedback about some situation going on presently, and when I want to vent I usually type something in notepad and store that away on my computer, usually deleting it shortly after. Sometimes it's good to let out your feelings, but not for the whole world to see.

I do not have a blog. If i made one, i'de only get two entry's in and then not bother.

- Billy.

It's nice to have something I can go back to read if I ever feel like doing so. Besides the Chocojournal, I have a separate Livejournal that's a little more permanent. I admit that I don't go back to read my older entries for any journal I've had. But it might be interesting to read old entries to see how much I've changed over the years.

I do have my own blog and Ikeep it updated as much as I can (life's been quite busy right now). I'm also working on it to use it as a portfolio and small-company website. I've got quite a few jobs with it and am quite pleased with what I've achieved.

Also, the feeling of being able to teach others to do something, to learn from others, to just say "HERE I AM!" and get an answer is good enough for me. :)

I've got two blogs, one of which i've pretty much totally abandoned (because of personal reasons.) I use the other one to vent out my frustrations on med life when I cannot normally complain to the people I know (hey, we're all stressed...) At the moment, It's our summer vacation so it's been pretty quiet and needs an update.

I'm studying abroad for a year, and since my family and friends bothered me a bit with tons of e-mails asking the same old questions, I decided to make a blog to keep them updated, asking them to only send e-mails when they have questions that aren't answered on the blog. It's a nice way to keep track of all the stuff that I've been doing here, since I'm pretty forgetful, and getting some feedback on the stuff that I do is always appreciated.

For those interested: www.journey-towards-the-rising-sun.blogspot.com
It's in Dutch, but it also has pictures.

I blog every few weeks. It's a great way to release stress that builds up in the mind. Plus, for me, it's also a great avenue for my friends to keep up on what's going on in my life.

I write in my Livejournal. I was very good at updating it up until I had my baby this year. I really need to start writing in it again. I've got alot to update on. ;p I might start using the Chocjournal on here. ^^ Anyway,I like blogging. It helps my friends keep up with me and helps me keep up with my friends. I also like getting comments to see what other people have to say about hat I was talking about.

I tried blogging several times but Chocojournal is the only one I ever regularlly updated or maintained, a lot because of the nice design/layout, features, and great community & comments.

Perhaps I'll try again later on it.

I don't blog because I simply don't have the time. The only "blog" I have is GFF choco journal, but it's not like I update it daily, either.

I used to. But then I got tired of it. I still have the site, but I just update it every other month or so just to keep it alive.

The only blogging I really do is in Chocojournal and even that isn't much. On the RARE occasion I have blogged but it doesn't last long. I seem to be too busy writing emails and posting on GFF that I forget to update my blog.

I wish there had been an option for 'every now and then'. I have a LiveJournal which I mostly use to keep some friends updated on life (as of late its been complaints about how miserable I am), but I dont post something every day. Once a week, if THAT. Depends on what's going on in my life. If things are good, I'll tend to ignore it. Bad... well, its been filling up a lot lately.

I would like to start a 'semi-professional' blog though... it'll help with my writing and provide something for publishers (or at least people considering giving me a job) will have something to look at.

I had an LJ account and I hosted my own journal on my webspace. People never read it so I stopped altogether.

I only have a Squaresoft Chicken one on this site called Gamingforce. You may have heard of it, you can go there to find the Squaresoft Chicken Racing OST. It's fun to let people know what you've done during the day at the end of the day via keyboardo's type-fest, it's easier than screaming it out to random people as you do it. "I AM WALKING" "I AM GOING TO THE TOILET"

I've tried other joints, like Bogspot or whatever. Where you post an image via bloody stupid hoop jumping methods, only to have it break the page. Awesome to the max.

I personally don't but i don't have an issure with those who do. There are some out there that can be rather interesting, but for the most part i view blogging as an internet diary. It's not the fact that anyone is going to read it, it's just a way to write out your emotions and feelings over something.

But i'll never have one, because i personally think it's turning into a trend, and i hate going with trends. Silly reason i know.

Though I'd like to say that I have more to offer than most other people, I have not created and will never create a weblog. The only people with something intelligent to present on a subject are the ones already in the field. Amateurism on the Internet disgusts me.

'Blogging' is (mostly) a total waste of space on the internet. Just because you have an opinion about something doesn't mean that it's not worthless, and just because you have a life doesn't mean that it's not boring and you should share it with anyone.

GreatestJournal. Ever since I got laid off I haven't really had any purpose in updating it-- it used to have all these venty entries about how much I hated my managers and coworkers and old people and stuff, but now it's mostly bitching about books, PvP in WoW, and people.

I actually find Blogging to be a good use of my time. It helps me to think and organize my thoughts. Otherwise, I'm always doing something or wandering aimlessly..

Couldn't you say the exact same thing about people who post messages on message boards such as this one?

Of course, most message boards are terrible. Though at least they allow for the possibility of more purposeful communication than just some guy telling the world what anime he watched and how politicians suck.

I'm not really saying that all blogs are bad per se, by the way. There are a few that I read myself. It's just that the current 'Web 2.0' trend dictates that everyone has to have a damn blog, even if they have nothing worthwhile to say.

Paging Arsenal Gear to Web 2.0.

I'm not much of a writer. I rarely if ever blog.

Chocojournal is all I have. There is one on myspace but I wouldn't call it a blog, just a place for random shit when I'm bored.

I blog.

I add random thing, whatever I feel talking about. I don't know if people actually read me, but it's still a way for me to express myself to whoever is interested in what I have to say.

It also keeps my friends updated on whatever is going on.

i have a blog where i post random thoughts and zen stuff. it's easier than trying to come up with something coherent and meaningful. more entertaining for me (and i assume my limited audience)

http://swampmang.livejournal.com

I didn't think you'd be so literal when you said "random thoughts".
That's more like a Twitter page and less like a blog of any other kind.

blog drama is an outrageous bore. i can't write it.

real writing is more alive

I'm not much of a blogger either... in fact, I don't really write journals or diaries..i've thought about whether i'm missing out or not, and perhaps I am...
I just can't get myself to write my thoughts on paper (or type them up on computer for that matter)

But even if I did have my own journal, i doubt i'd use a blog and announce my personal thoughts in public

I tried a "cat blog" in german last year, but got bored soon. Currently I have a second try, I use a Wordpress.com account to document my short movie project, in english.

My option would be "I have a ChocoJournal I haven't updated in two months." Anyway, I've only ever used ChocoJournal. I used LiveJournal in 2003 sparingly.

The closest thing to a blog I use is the ChocoJournal here. I used to update the thing daily (except for maybe some weekends when I just wanted to be lazy), but now that I've pretty much ran out of new things to say, my journal is in sort of a limbo. However, I don't see myself deactivating it anytime soon though.

I blog... and what's more on myspace... let the flaming begin. But I do blog.. I really don't care if anyone reads it or not, it's nice to have a journal and look back at how much you've changed since such and such a time... you know? But what's even stranger is when I have over 30 hits on my blog after I've posted it. I didn't really think anyone on the internet gave a shit about my life.

I blogging on Livejournal, but update it seldom.