Double Entry Journal #10

"For instance, blogging can be an exercise in self-indulgence in which the reader and writer lose distance between the public and private by participating in “oversharing”.

That's the first thing I thought about when we had to create our blogs for this course. I wanted to make sure that as I answered the assignments but without posting anything that I thought was really private. I did not want to "overshare" or "thoughtcast". I think it's sad when you look at Facebook or a blog and it's full of someone's day to day experiences. Who cares if you just got up from a nap. Please, spare us!

"blogging transcends space and time in that bloggers and blog readers from around the world are able to share texts, comment on those texts and together build new texts."

This is what I think that blogging is intended for. It's amazing to me that I could post some idea on a blog and within seconds I could have a response from somewhere around the world.

"Specifically, information is plentiful on the Internet, but attention is scarce. He argues that since attention is scarce, the ability to gain attention is a form of power in that the person who has attracted attention can then lead people to perform or act in a certain way."

My initial reaction to this quote was that it was ridiculous. Just because someone is able to gain my attention on the internet, doesn't mean that I can be led to act in a certain way. I like to think that I'm a little smarter than that. That being said, I can see how some people would look at something on the web and think because it's there, it must be true. As with everything else in life, you have to use some common sense.

http://www.henshall.com/stuart/2002/11/05/are-blogs-really-useful/
http://www.43folders.com/2008/08/19/good-blogs