Welcome to my new design… hopefully this is a little bit more embracing the feel of this blog… and more pleasant to visit. The graphic encompasses the social, communications and cyclical aspects of communication. Let me know what you think.
I am sure i am like many new bloggers… start a blog for a good solid purpose… write a few blogs… and then… well… run out of time.
It’s what i feared when i started it, but didn’t realise that as i embarked on it i would become addicted to alternative outlets. I have become a micro-blogger!! I started my addiciton with Twitter, and then it progressed to include Plurk… and i must say Plurk has kept my interest. I have not only ‘met’ some interesting people and learned some interesting things, from information about social media to some very amusing discussions about a toddlers reaction to Plurk.
Whilst i still agree there is a very valid reason for having a blog (I am currently writing an entry now, so i must), it sometimes feels like I am writing to no one but me. Which is okay in itself, but part of my purpose of of blogging, is to engage in discussion about the changing landscape of communications. I am finding i am getting far greater interaction via networks such as Plurk and Twitter. It will be interesting to come back to this in six months and see what i am using then! No doubt it will be something different… perhaps a hybrid Plitter?
If you’d like to interact with me in the micro-blogging world (www.twitter.com or www.plurk.com) you can find me as ‘verbaw’ – just connect to me and i’ll accept your friendship! But by all means leave me a comment – it’ll make me feel like it’s being read by at least one person other than me!
Well this is my very first post and rather than completely stress over the amazing points I could make, I will use this opportunity to just banter about why I have finally made it to blogging.
My main barrier to entry was the fact that i really didn’t feel like i had anything of general interest to say… it’s certainly not to say that I have no confidence in what i have to say… just that i wasn’t really quite sure what people wanted to hear. The inner ‘professional writer’ in me was planning for my audience rather than just writing.
However, since embarking on the micro-blogging world of twitter (www.twitter.com – find me @verbAW), i have come to the realisation that if you don’t start communicating you don’t really know what it’s about.
So here I am… embarking on a new world of communication with the aim of staying relevant:
