There are many reasons why
people blog. One of them could be because it is much easier to write than talk.
Many people don't feel comfortable speaking face-to-face with other people.
When they are in front of people they feel nervous, and their ideas just start
to disappear. Sometimes it is easier to express a feeling on writing rather
than talking. Having nobody in front of you make it easy to gather ideas.
Another reason why people blog could be because they want to help other people.
As I said before there is also people that don't like to ask for help. They
look for ways to get help and reading blogs could be the perfect way for them.
There is also people that wants to be heard. They want to share their opinion it
could be about politics, education, personal interest, religious and many more.
They don't have the chance to do it in public so they adopt blogging as their
way to express themselves or simply because they want to share their opinion.
If there is a topic that people loves and they want others to understand their
point of view blogging is the perfect way.
I almost forgot, this is
another reason why people blog. Blog it's a very easy way to make money. Some
people live from blogging, they get paid for posting comments. Let me be clear not
just any comments, but good comments about a place like, a restaurant, an
electronic store, a boutique and more. Why? Because most of us before buying
stuff we always check the comments about the place or the product whatever the
case may be. So in this case blogging is being used to build credibility and to
attract people.
I strongly believe that
blogging is effective for this course. Personally, I think it will help me to
open my mind and think more critically by reading and writing comments to my
peers. Also it will be a new unexplored field for me because I am not into
writing. I am going to be honest. The only reason why I am blogging is because
this course requires me to do so. Why? Simply because I hate writing and it is
my weakest academic skill.
I am not a fan of reading
but I have to. Because of a major I am forced to read. I am just starting out
in photography that's why I follow PetaPixel. It is a fantastic place to start,
they have tutorials as well as product reviews, and you cannot go wrong.
PetaPixel it's a well-known photography blog page. The reason I like PetaPixel
is simply because they have a lot of information about photography. The
tutorials of how to set up your camera, how to use your camera are very simple.
Their vocabulary it's very simple and easy to understand. As I said I am just
starting in photography and sometimes the terms used in this field are very
confusing. Thanks to these blogs I was able to purchase my first digital
camera. In one of the blogs they compared different digital cameras, brands,
models and the most important thing the prices. I would consider adopting their
blogging style just because it is simple, specific and straight to the point.
Blogging will
surprise you, not only as a learning mechanism, but us a social network
enhancer or strategy of marketing. Blog pages are a powerful tool for any
person or project that is trying to make his way over the Internet.
