I'm writing this down because i just realized the 'importance of blogging', why sites like twitter exist, why sites like facbook have a 'notes' section in them...
Blogs are to gen-Y what diary entries were to the gen-A,B,....& so on till gen-X, the differences being that the traditional pen/pencil are replaced by keypad, the paper notepad/diary is replaced by microsoft wordpad/notepad and lastly the availaility factor: diaries being available to the select few who could discover them beneath the releams of time; blogs, however , are available to any person who knows how to push certain buttons on a PC that enable him to open google, again press some buttons that enable him to search on google and of course, he should know what he is searching for. You'll notice the revolution brought about by blogs when i quote this simple example:
Blogs are to gen-Y what diary entries were to the gen-A,B,....& so on till gen-X, the differences being that the traditional pen/pencil are replaced by keypad, the paper notepad/diary is replaced by microsoft wordpad/notepad and lastly the availaility factor: diaries being available to the select few who could discover them beneath the releams of time; blogs, however , are available to any person who knows how to push certain buttons on a PC that enable him to open google, again press some buttons that enable him to search on google and of course, he should know what he is searching for. You'll notice the revolution brought about by blogs when i quote this simple example:
To know about the exploits of the legendary hindi poet Shri Harivansh Rai Bacchan you'll have to go to the nearest Crossword/ Higginboham's /Book world or whichever bookstore you prefer, buy (ya right, spend some money!) a copy of his biography which would contain some excerpts of his diary. On the other hand,to know what his son, the legendary hindi cinema actor, Mr. Amitabh Bacchan did before having his dinner tonight, you just have to open up internet explorer/mozilla firefox/ google chrome (again, whichever internet browser you prefer), and log on to his blog to find out! (ya right,its free! yipee!)
Coming to the similarities between blogging and diaries, which is the more significant topic, blogs, like diaries, help in preserving memories in the form of memoirs, which can be accessed at a later stage, not only by the person who wrote the blog but also by his peers, to look back upon some cherished or not-so-cherished moments involving them. Speaking of access,along comes a negative point assosiated with blogs- they can be accessed by far too many people, even sometimes by those whom you don't want anywhere near your personal lives. For example, if i become the country's Prime Minister in future, i don't want Aaj Tak's breaking news to be "Apni English teacher se darte the Bharat ke pradhan mantri, puraane blog mein kiya khulasa, dekhiye Vishesh aaj raat nau baje" - That would be embarrassing now, would't it? Returning to the positives of bolgging, blogs provide the platform to express oneself informally, without any requisite of formats etc.; even slangs and sms lingo is absolutely hip, wich rox, if u knw wht m talkin abt.
So, having written a sufficiently long blog to encourage you to blog,i now conclude, hoping that you will ...., ya that's right, BLOG!! Blog on facebook, blog on twitter, blog on orkut, blog wherever you feel like blogging and provide others with an insight of the REAL YOU. Signin off...
Coming to the similarities between blogging and diaries, which is the more significant topic, blogs, like diaries, help in preserving memories in the form of memoirs, which can be accessed at a later stage, not only by the person who wrote the blog but also by his peers, to look back upon some cherished or not-so-cherished moments involving them. Speaking of access,along comes a negative point assosiated with blogs- they can be accessed by far too many people, even sometimes by those whom you don't want anywhere near your personal lives. For example, if i become the country's Prime Minister in future, i don't want Aaj Tak's breaking news to be "Apni English teacher se darte the Bharat ke pradhan mantri, puraane blog mein kiya khulasa, dekhiye Vishesh aaj raat nau baje" - That would be embarrassing now, would't it? Returning to the positives of bolgging, blogs provide the platform to express oneself informally, without any requisite of formats etc.; even slangs and sms lingo is absolutely hip, wich rox, if u knw wht m talkin abt.
So, having written a sufficiently long blog to encourage you to blog,i now conclude, hoping that you will ...., ya that's right, BLOG!! Blog on facebook, blog on twitter, blog on orkut, blog wherever you feel like blogging and provide others with an insight of the REAL YOU. Signin off...
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