My First Blog
Heard about the word 'Blog' from an intermittent exchange of mails from one of my college juniors. When he told me that in spare time he writes his blogs.... came to know later that Microsoft uses it for getting new ideas. Big consultancy firms use it for new change in the way business goes. Then came to know that it is not just confined to that arena. Blogs are to be found on food, politics, music, movies.... you name it you have a blog for it. So what does a blog actually mean? Well, it is just a web log of yours. You can say an internet diary or an open forum for putting your voice. It is a new tool to enhance you capability to share ideas. Yes ideas..... With blogs and other such tools, internet has become a huge bank for ideas. You can share views, create networks and get connected to long lost friends hrough this one huge shop - just a click away. Bloggers have there say in everything. (Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog for some interesting gyan on this.)
Interestingly, it has become a new tool for revolutionising. But there is a darker side to it as well.
TIME Magazine came up with a cover story about how children are getting more and more wired. The new kids on the block (...not blog) have great multi-tasking capabilties. Although all related to the world of communication. They can listen to music, IM and browse all at the same time. So much so that they can IM with 6 persons in one go without mixing messages. They are so deeply involved in this huge pool of data that they even do not have an eye-contact with their parents for the entire evening. They probably do no need anything else for survival. Shall we say that Internet has created a new world of its own?
Getting back to the blog. Well, I am not sure whether I will be pursuing this new thing for long but to start off it certainly is exciting for me. What I like most about it is the freedom to express your views which others can see! Now you need not be a great achiever to be heard. You need a blog.... If you market yourself well enough then there will be a bee-line behind you. Blogs give you an exposure to criticism which you may not get otherwise. It creates for you a huge learning ground to enhance your inter-personnal skills and helps you to realise your hidden potentials. However, this comes with a caveat that you may be exposed to the sharpest criticism which may be difficult to digest.
Lets see how I proceed from here!
To all fellow bloggers - Enjoy blogging :-)
