I Read Your Blog. I Read Yours Too.
Since I started blogging roughtly four years ago, I met a few people who's first greeting is "I read your blog." I usually answer back "Thanks." or "I had fun writing it." But last week, I suddenly realized something. Everybody who told me they read my blog have their own blogs. For example, shortly after last Thursday, when I was greeted thusly twice, I stumbled upon (no, not that StambledUpon) two new blogs.
Maybe this is an Netiquette that I just haven't heard of, or maybe this is something new entirely. But from today on, when someone greets me with "I read your blog." My acknowledgement will be either "Thanks, I read yours too." or "Thanks. Where is your blog?"
Re: I Read Your Blog. I Read Yours Too.
Thanks for the reference, Weiqi...
IMHO, the "blog tag" phenomenon really gets people talking. Tech is fascinating, but people are infinitely more interesting.
One story re: the ubiquitiy of blogs: I was recently hiking in Phoenix. While descending a mountain, a friend and I came across a man sitting with his daughter (about 11 years old), cajoling her to keep climbing and to make it to the top. She was tired and _not_ happy. As we passed by, he was trying everything to motivate her.
Though absurd, I offered this: "hey, little one, it's a fantastic feeling when you get to the top, and a great view *pause*.... plus, there's a MySpace page up there". She smiled. I don't know if they continued but I hope they did.
IMHO, the "blog tag" phenomenon really gets people talking. Tech is fascinating, but people are infinitely more interesting.
One story re: the ubiquitiy of blogs: I was recently hiking in Phoenix. While descending a mountain, a friend and I came across a man sitting with his daughter (about 11 years old), cajoling her to keep climbing and to make it to the top. She was tired and _not_ happy. As we passed by, he was trying everything to motivate her.
Though absurd, I offered this: "hey, little one, it's a fantastic feeling when you get to the top, and a great view *pause*.... plus, there's a MySpace page up there". She smiled. I don't know if they continued but I hope they did.