2 Years Anniversary
Today effectively marks 2 years of blogging. It’s soo strange but I remember the day I decided to start blogging like it was yesterday. I’d actually heard of blogging before that, in early 2003, however for the life of me I couldn’t see the appeal for myself or for the general public. I was as sceptic about it as most people I talk to about my site in general.
The blogging element of my web experience started off in Blogger as a way for me to update my site. That’s all it was, since I thought that was the easiest and simplest way. For a complete novice to these things it truly was/is the simplest way. As I got into it the blogging aspect more I realised that in actual fact writing my thoughts down in an organised and archived way was actually a great form of therapy. Upload all your thoughts helps clear them and make them less weighty in your head. It wasn’t until later on in the site’s life (a year later) that it evolved once again into something more, my link to people of the same mindset.
This is an incredibly powerful aspect that is lost on many people who don’t blog but have that opportunity. If you blog you’re talking about something. Someone is bound to find you via searching through the multitude of blog search engines and effectively continue the conversation where you thought it was over. It’s been an incredible 2 years that I can’t ask more of.
A while back, over at Joen’s site, I can’t remember what the topic of conversation was, but Joen effectively said:
‘You’ll realise that it’s not important what you say, it’s what your readers say’
At the time this comment to me aback and I thought:
Hang on a minute that’s wrong, surely you’re doing this blog for yourself. The fact that people would like to listen in on your thoughts is nice and if they contribute that’s nice as well.
The fact of the matter is however that it does depend on your reason for blogging at that particular time in your life. It used to be about the therapy, then it was about the internet projects, now it’s about the friendships and the people that passby here and say hello in their own way.
So effectively what I’m honestly trying to say is THANK YOU for reading and contributing to Broken Kode, it would have been an empty husk of what it is without everyone.
Here’s to many more years of blogging, sharing and creating friendships.
So I guess I am not the only one that kicks a kick out of people visiting, reading, and commenting on my blog. It really gives me a huge kick… :-)
↓ Quote | 8/1/2006
This is one of my fascinations. I like seeing what blogging means to other people. I’m a mere beginner in it all, currently planing on setting up my own blog properly (with my own domain not a free one). I have a big visions for my blog/site and it fascinates me how other people view the experience. keep it up, I enjoy looking at your blog.
↓ Quote | 9/1/2006
…my blog IS an empty husk :(
But yours is super-fantastic :)
↓ Quote | 9/1/2006
Happy Birthday! I know what you mean, that when you write, you sort of put your thoughts out there, tentatively hoping that the feedback will be positive. Often times, it is, and we keep writing, but sometimes the comments people leave can sting a bit, and you just gotta keep going. Thanks for Broken Kode. “Build it and they will come,” and all that.
↓ Quote | 9/1/2006
Good stuff, keep going. There’s always a different reason to post, depending on what you need at the time. I started on Blogger a long time ago too, because it was an easy way to keep the site updated. I still recommend it to people with basic needs (although you can do so much better than blogspot).
↓ Quote | 9/1/2006
Congratulations, and I hope many more interesting and quality posts in the years to come! BTW, I thank you for writing some thought-provoking posts in the past.
↓ Quote | 9/1/2006
Well, I’m ready for year three :)
↓ Quote | 9/1/2006
@ Andrew: Nah man, you’ll find that with time you like what people say because slowly but surely you start getting to know the people better. You visit their websites, you read what they’re talking about and you get learn, which is effectively what this is all about :).
@Dave: It’ll grow for sure, Rome wasn’t built in a day :).
@Nathan: Definitely a Kevin Kostner movie moment. Have you ever noticed that the man is associated with some of the best movies Hollywood has churned out (The Untouchables, Dances with Wolves) and some of the worst as well (Waterworld, The Postman).
@dave: True you can do better than blogspot but it still remains probably the easiest and cheapest solution for the power you’re getting? To be fair I haven’t really researched this area much in recent years…
@George: I’ll try man :). Like your site’s tweak/redesign btw.
@Mike: Thanks for everything buddy.
↓ Quote | 9/1/2006
I agree, bring on Year 3! Congratulations buddy.
↓ Quote | 10/1/2006
Dunno about completely free solutions, but setting up someone with their own ftp/domain and blogger isn’t too hard (i.e. blogger back before blogspot existed).
↓ Quote | 11/1/2006