Why do you read blogs?
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- Ollie Saunders
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Why do you read blogs?
Feel free to explain the reasons for your decision or why you can't decide on a single choice.
By all means provide links to the blogs that you read most and try to explain why.
Also consider whether your motivations would change if only there was a blog out there that catered for them? What would your dream blog be.
Thanks to all contributers.
By all means provide links to the blogs that you read most and try to explain why.
Also consider whether your motivations would change if only there was a blog out there that catered for them? What would your dream blog be.
Thanks to all contributers.
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I don't read many except qj.net's video game news blogs, particularly the Wii and PSP ones, if I get bored. So I voted "To keep up to date."
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I don't read any either. I generally find blogs to be silly.
What makes me super angry is I will have a problem with something PHP related, I'll google for an answer, and someone will have a blog that describes the "theory" behind a fix but with no links and no real information. Arg. Maugrim_The_Reaper, you have done this to me with your blog posts about the Zend framework...jerk
What makes me super angry is I will have a problem with something PHP related, I'll google for an answer, and someone will have a blog that describes the "theory" behind a fix but with no links and no real information. Arg. Maugrim_The_Reaper, you have done this to me with your blog posts about the Zend framework...jerk
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I find blogs annoying. Mainly because I think anything called a BLOG is stupid, because I think the word BLOG is stupid and therefore anyone who has a BLOG is therefore stupid. Maybe it's a fancy word for "diary" or "my rants" or "my stories" or "whatever I feel like writing". When BLOG's started becoming popular I thought the concept was cool. But I'm frankly not willing to accept the word BLOG. I think it sucks.
BLOGS are nothing more than an organized Rolodex for an individual or entities thoughts, feelings, emotions or spam. So you can call it a BLOG. I'll call it "here look what I typed, come back tomorrow maybe I'll type something else, and by the way , don't forget to click on some of my google adwords". While writing that I thought of Stuart from Saturday Night Live saying, "LOOK WHAT I CAN DO" and then I thought wow there are millions of them. OMG What am I going to do now? AHHHHH Help!!!!!!!!!!
So what blogs do I read? The only one I have ever spent any time on is Matt Cutts from google to get a lil insight. Other than that, I'll stick with books rather than the opinions of a complete stranger. I'm not saying that everyone who has a blog doesn't know that they are talking about, just that they have exactly ZERO credibility with me.
If you have a BLOG, then your a BLOGGER. I don't like the word BLOGGER either. Is this a new occupation or something? For some it is actually. There are numerous individuals that make a decent living doing nothing more than BLOGGING. BLOGGING is an annoying word too. They go to their tax agent YAHOOING about the GOOGLE CHECKS they received from the BLOGGING text that they put on their BLOG when they BLOGGED the year before. I don't think Microsoft played a role here. Where's Lycos anyway? Are they still around?
Back on topic. I think I'm BLOGGING right now. This could quite possibly make me a hypocrite. I think I'll sign off now.
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BLOGS are nothing more than an organized Rolodex for an individual or entities thoughts, feelings, emotions or spam. So you can call it a BLOG. I'll call it "here look what I typed, come back tomorrow maybe I'll type something else, and by the way , don't forget to click on some of my google adwords". While writing that I thought of Stuart from Saturday Night Live saying, "LOOK WHAT I CAN DO" and then I thought wow there are millions of them. OMG What am I going to do now? AHHHHH Help!!!!!!!!!!
So what blogs do I read? The only one I have ever spent any time on is Matt Cutts from google to get a lil insight. Other than that, I'll stick with books rather than the opinions of a complete stranger. I'm not saying that everyone who has a blog doesn't know that they are talking about, just that they have exactly ZERO credibility with me.
If you have a BLOG, then your a BLOGGER. I don't like the word BLOGGER either. Is this a new occupation or something? For some it is actually. There are numerous individuals that make a decent living doing nothing more than BLOGGING. BLOGGING is an annoying word too. They go to their tax agent YAHOOING about the GOOGLE CHECKS they received from the BLOGGING text that they put on their BLOG when they BLOGGED the year before. I don't think Microsoft played a role here. Where's Lycos anyway? Are they still around?
Back on topic. I think I'm BLOGGING right now. This could quite possibly make me a hypocrite. I think I'll sign off now.
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Hehehe. You'll be glad to note all the "theory" is now in the ZF Core waiting for releaseWhat makes me super angry is I will have a problem with something PHP related, I'll google for an answer, and someone will have a blog that describes the "theory" behind a fix but with no links and no real information. Arg. Maugrim_The_Reaper, you have done this to me with your blog posts about the Zend framework...jerk
I maintain a regular blog and the attraction is simple enough. I enjoy writing. If I write about a topic I'm forced to confront it, form ideas, organise my thoughts, and generally the act of writing leads me to understanding the topic on a deeper level. I'm not sure I agree with astions on blogging in general, but there is no doubt a blog is a very personal forum for an individuals own use. Bloggers always blog about themselves or what interests them.
As for blogs I read. I keep to technical blogs primarily. Planet PHP and Planet Ruby On Rails are of particular interest (the ROR blog is really just a general Ruby one) since they usually only aggregate posts from people who have an actual brain, and some degree of professional PHP experience. I can't say whether you learn a lot from blogs, but sometimes even selfish looking product announcements can be of interest to keep track of where a community is moving. All the blogging about PHP5.3 for example has been quite informative.
Outside those I keep track of people I'm familiar with who have blogs hidden somewhere - like Everah
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