Blogging. A literary tool rarely used by yours truly. In contrast to the hundreds of paper submitted to English teachers, I feel alien writing on a public forum for all to read, critique, and comment on. Creating the blog itself was simple; the challenge really began when I had the blank word document sitting before me with my vacant mind staring at the cursor blinking on and off. After what seemed like endless hours staring at my computer I surfed the web in search of inspiration and discovered blogs with subject matter ranging from J-walking to coffee brewing among thousands of other. I slowly realized that blogging is not about what you write about but is just about writing something.
Blogging and facebook; similarities are prevalent and differences are widespread. Both blogging and posting on facebook involve sharing ones experiences in life. The two are considered forms of social media and create an environment to connect with friends. The differences between the two are pretty obvious. The rightfully dubbed “crackbook” is just that, consisting of over 100 million users, one hooked it is almost impossible to break away. Blogging can and certainly is addictive to some people but no nearly to the extent that facebook is. Blogging tends to be a documentation of an event in a persons life for a certain period of time. Subjects can range from taking the bus to work for a month, or ones trip to an exotic destination. If one goes through their friends on facebook they would most certainly discover people who they met once at a party, or someone who is a friend of a friend. The followers of a blog are truly interested in the subject at hand, and are curious about reading the experiences of the blogger.
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