To Blog or not to Blog...

Until now, blogging had never really grabbed my attention. In the past I'd only seen a handful of some of my friend's blogs and although most of their blogs were very interesting, I think being a graphic designer and being a visual learner, didn't help me appreciate all of their thoughts when all I saw wasn't words but lots of black text on a computer screen.

In other words, to me blogging looked boring!

However, I wanted to change this mindset so I decided to look beyond my tiny 'blogging circle' and check out other people's blogs. I simply Googled, 'best blogs' and the first hit lead me to the Sydney Morning Herald website where they had an archive article from 2003 where they listed the, 'The World's Best Blogs' (SMH, 2003). They listed the various blogs under particular categories such as:
- Personal Insight
- News and Opinion
- Homegrown
- Infofile

Being overwhelmed as to where to look and start reading, I decided to click the top Personal Insight blog which was created by 25 year old guy from New York (2003). I was amazed at my discovery. See below...






















(Image from) http://www.introversion.com/interface.html


If anything, I was simply surprised that this was considered a blog. I always saw blogs as very plain looking and not at all visually inspiring. However, after having a look at all the nifty features he had on his blog and also appreciating the execution of how he's displayed his thoughts to the World Wide Web, I think it was pretty safe to say that my thinking had been broadened.

Looking at this guy's blog encouraged me that although the look and layout of this blog might not be everyone's cup of tea - it nevertheless, made me want to 'dive into it' and explore it more!

Therefore, 'To Blog or not to Blog' is not the question, I think it's, 'To think outside the idea of a blog to stir up imagination!'

Reference: Stonehouse, D 2003, The world's best blogs, Icon, viewed 20 August 2009
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/26/1064083180276.html