Comments on: 2007 outlook http://blog.johnbaeyens.com/2006/12/2007-outlook/ België en Brazilië in perstpectief. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:54:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: john http://blog.johnbaeyens.com/2006/12/2007-outlook/comment-page-1/#comment-1279 john Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:47:41 +0000 http://blog.johnbaeyens.com/2006/12/2007-outlook/#comment-1279 There is plenty of professional gain in the social meandering on Ipanema beach; directly and indirectly. What I wrote is that people who blog are either (1) socially retarded (2) doing it for a direct or indirect gain; as a consequence I belong to the first group since blogging is more contraproductive to me professionally. I admit, there must be a very strong thriving force for people to become truly hardcore bloggers. No one is for sure using a blog to polish his/her CV. I believe however that a blogger has a 'product life cycle' and it's that 'evolution' which I was referring to. I don't believe the dynamics of blogging and sitting on Ipanema beach are very different; I actually believe they are very comparable. The differences are however that Bloggers have a facade; on the beach you are naked. There is a fundamental difference between people writing and people speaking. Writing requires no effort, speaking does. When you write, you mold an identity, when you speak you express your identity. I'm just scrolling through my RSS feed and realising that the blogs I really follow are not the 'opinionating' but rather the 'pointing' ones; people who write 'look there, look also to this'. The ones who end up becoming 'commentators at the sideline' indeed start irritating me. There is plenty of professional gain in the social meandering on Ipanema beach; directly and indirectly. What I wrote is that people who blog are either (1) socially retarded (2) doing it for a direct or indirect gain; as a consequence I belong to the first group since blogging is more contraproductive to me professionally.

I admit, there must be a very strong thriving force for people to become truly hardcore bloggers. No one is for sure using a blog to polish his/her CV.
I believe however that a blogger has a ‘product life cycle’ and it’s that ‘evolution’ which I was referring to.

I don’t believe the dynamics of blogging and sitting on Ipanema beach are very different; I actually believe they are very comparable. The differences are however that Bloggers have a facade; on the beach you are naked. There is a fundamental difference between people writing and people speaking. Writing requires no effort, speaking does. When you write, you mold an identity, when you speak you express your identity.

I’m just scrolling through my RSS feed and realising that the blogs I really follow are not the ‘opinionating’ but rather the ‘pointing’ ones; people who write ‘look there, look also to this’. The ones who end up becoming ‘commentators at the sideline’ indeed start irritating me.

]]> By: Johnny http://blog.johnbaeyens.com/2006/12/2007-outlook/comment-page-1/#comment-1277 Johnny Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:50:06 +0000 http://blog.johnbaeyens.com/2006/12/2007-outlook/#comment-1277 It is just John being John. :-) It is just John being John. :-)

]]> By: ine http://blog.johnbaeyens.com/2006/12/2007-outlook/comment-page-1/#comment-1275 ine Sun, 24 Dec 2006 23:36:13 +0000 http://blog.johnbaeyens.com/2006/12/2007-outlook/#comment-1275 glimpsed your about on this page: What is this Blog about? Telecommunications, VoIP, internet infrastructure, social software, (viral) marketing, advertising, architecture, interior design, entrepeneurs, gizmos, globalism, Belgium, Panama, Brazil, South Africa, photography, politics, (p2p) wifi…. in other words everything which is of interest to me. From that perspective it seems you are more than just a home, kitchen and garden blogger... Whether the discussion is on a smoking ban or Lula's abilities, it is a discussion. But more over it is a reflection. And thus worth the writing. Actually blogging is just a medium, a tool, a way to express yourself. Hanging in a cafe talking with people, is just another way. I do believe blogging is on the demise for those long time bloggers, for others it is just beginning. You'll need to find another tool to express yourself it seems ;) glimpsed your about on this page:
What is this Blog about? Telecommunications, VoIP, internet infrastructure, social software, (viral) marketing, advertising, architecture, interior design, entrepeneurs, gizmos, globalism, Belgium, Panama, Brazil, South Africa, photography, politics, (p2p) wifi…. in other words everything which is of interest to me.

From that perspective it seems you are more than just a home, kitchen and garden blogger…

Whether the discussion is on a smoking ban or Lula’s abilities, it is a discussion.
But more over it is a reflection. And thus worth the writing.
Actually blogging is just a medium, a tool, a way to express yourself.
Hanging in a cafe talking with people, is just another way.

I do believe blogging is on the demise for those long time bloggers, for others it is just beginning.
You’ll need to find another tool to express yourself it seems ;)

]]> By: Peter http://blog.johnbaeyens.com/2006/12/2007-outlook/comment-page-1/#comment-1274 Peter Sun, 24 Dec 2006 23:11:41 +0000 http://blog.johnbaeyens.com/2006/12/2007-outlook/#comment-1274 If I follow "<i>one must be somewhat socially retarded to blog if there’s no professional gain associated to the effort</i>", then what's the added value of sitting on the beach and having a beer? I know it's fun, but there's no professional gain either. People do stuff because it fills a need they have. Writing a blog can be a positive experience for a plethora of reasons. Because it's good for one's CV, maybe, but I don't see that motivation lasting very long. Concerning your second point, the social dynamics of blogging are different from your 'beach' example, but they are there. Some people meet because they play badminton together, we happen to write stuff on a blog. We gather and have fun IRL too. You seem annoyed about blogging or bloggers for some reason. What's up with that? If I follow “one must be somewhat socially retarded to blog if there’s no professional gain associated to the effort“, then what’s the added value of sitting on the beach and having a beer? I know it’s fun, but there’s no professional gain either.
People do stuff because it fills a need they have. Writing a blog can be a positive experience for a plethora of reasons. Because it’s good for one’s CV, maybe, but I don’t see that motivation lasting very long.
Concerning your second point, the social dynamics of blogging are different from your ‘beach’ example, but they are there. Some people meet because they play badminton together, we happen to write stuff on a blog. We gather and have fun IRL too.

You seem annoyed about blogging or bloggers for some reason. What’s up with that?

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