Response to Lore.

I picked Knit Blogging: Considering an Online Community. I really liked this essay and I chose it because I could relate to the author, Amy E. Earhart. I remember a time when I thought people who blogged were absolutely crazy, revealing deep personal secrets to an obviously public online journal. I have even seen the mass insanity caused by having these blogs in the wrong hand. Broken hearts, fading friendships, I’ve seen it all happen. Yet I was still drawn to blogging, there was just something fun and addicting about reading what people had to say about themselves or their day. It was also somewhat fun when I wrote about things, maybe not about my personal life, but a review for a restaurant or a tutorial on how to play Blackbird by The Beatles. The author chose knitting as her subject and she would blog about it for other knitters to read. She also mentions that after blogging about knitting all day she would return to tactile activities (knitting). Then blogging pushed her back into the digital world. It really is similar to my case. I was a regular poster on music discussion forum. After blogging/writing forum posts about good music, guitars, and guitar tabs all day I would feel the need to return back to my guitar and play the music I was talking about. That wouldn’t last long however as I would soon find myself blogging again about music with other people. It was a nice experience and I completely agree with the author. Blogging creates a sense of community and sharing your knowledge to the “world” is a lot easier through blogs than writing a page in your journal, making 6 billion copies, climbing on top of Mt. Everest, then tossing it and hoping somebody would catch one.