Blogging is strange
Because it's like leaving a chalkboard on the street. Every day or so you write something on the board, push it out onto the sidewalk and walk away. At the end of every day or so, you bring the chalkboard back inside, erase what's there to some extent and then start again.
Amid the process, while what's written on the chalkboard changes, you're still you. And while the days change, the folks passing by on the street are probably the same too.
But despite the steady give and take, the fact is you all don't see too much of each other. You don't sit out on the sidewalk with the chalkboard, and they don't stand around reading.
If you happened to pass each other on the street one day, you might not even recognize them. They'd recognize you, but I'd guess they wouldn't say anything. People and blogging are strange like that.
The problem is it's a damn chalkboard in the middle of the sidewalk. People aren't used to that sort of thing. They don't know if you keep putting it out there for them or for you.
September 30th, 2008 at 6:50 AM
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