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Blog Survey Results

Thanks to everyone who responded to the blog survey. Here are the highlights of the results:

Responses: 44
People currently blogging – 25%
Why are they blogging:

1. As a way of expressing opinions and connecting to others who share opinions or have interesting perspectives.
2. Learning
3. Community building

Reasons for not blogging:
1. No time
2. No reason to.

People reading blogs – 63%, most reading 3-5 blogs sporadically
Future of Blogging: Over half of the responders indicated that they would start a blog if they had a reason and it was easy.
Blog recommendations:
Good Morning Thinkers
Heads-Up!
IdeaFlow
Innovation Tools
How to Save the World – lots of stuff on business innovation
Pure Content
MetaFilter – an example of an open blog
BoingBoing – outrageous opinions and other “wonderful” things
The Occupational Adventure – food for thought about your job
Horizons Unlimited – want to ride a motorcycle around the world? Read this blog first.
Bisnow on Business – a ton of business related info

March 21, 2004 in Change, Personal Development , Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Blogs are more than blogs

Chances are good that by now you are either a blogger yourself or a reader of blogs.

I was suprised to find out that blogs started showing up in 1998. By 1999 there were 23 known blogs; today estimates run in the 4-5 million range. In 2002 Wired stated that blogging was to words what napster was to music. Fortunately there wasn’t an icy hand of restraint to staunch the flow of blogging words and they continue to proliferate like tribbles. Blogs tend to live in the fuzzy world somewhere between journalism, talk radio and a voyeuristic webcam. They have an immediacy and personal touch that makes them engaging and many bloggers also invite comments which leads to a community atmosphere.

Read more about why and how to blog ...

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March 15, 2004 in Change, Personal Development , Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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