November 14, 2000

• After reading initial thoughts on blogs by John and Malleron, I thought I’d add my two cents. I am most impressed by the self-awareness blogs foster. Blogs empower the author to overcome certain limitations of conversation and place their best arguments forward. I am not a great public speaker, and though I’m young my memory seems to be prematurely failing. But writing a blog allows one to overcome these obstacles and create a coherent, well-formed argument.

  
  

  Time is no longer as important a constraint in blogging. In conversation it is tough to have immediate access to resources, quotes, facts and data to support your arguments. With weblogs these barriers are limited only by the extent to which you can research. I’ve only written a few blogs, but each has grown from a small seed of an ideas. A one-sentence afterthought can blossom into a full-fledged article with only a few ideas uncovered through research.

  
  

  Through this, your voice on the net is formed. It isn’t (nor should it be) the same as your voice in conversation. I think it should present a stronger voice, the voice your conversation should aspire to become. So that eventually your blogs help hone your notion of self while creating ever-improving ideas for others.
  

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