Published by deborah.woehr on 21 Jul 2007 at 09:22 am
Is Your Blog Worth Blooking?
Karen wrote a great post, entitled Delving into the Past of a Blogger which has stuck with me since I read it last month. I have to admit that I haven’t revisited my old posts. I’m not sure why, either. But Karen’s post got me thinking about this enough to look at my Dashboard.
This is the 515th post I’ve written on this blog, however that isn’t as important to me as the 2,100+ comments within these pages. I consider the conversations I’ve had on this blog priceless and well worth reading again.
Is this blog worth turning into a blook? To be perfectly honest, only to me.
I have paper journals that I’d written during my twenties and early thirties. It’s been a decade since I’ve opened them, but it’s nice to know that they are still there, waiting for me to read. I gave up paper journaling a long time ago, in preference to the computer because it enables me to write almost as fast as I think.
After experiencing the loss of an important file earlier this week, I’m reminded of the pitfalls of the digital age. Nothing lasts forever. Having a paper or .pdf version of this blog would be good to have, just in case.
Have you ever considered turning your blog into a blook?
Karen Lee Field on 21 Jul 2007 at 11:24 pm #
Like you, I think the only person interested in my day to day rambling is me. Sure, it’s good to watch from the sidelines (like readers of blogs do), but it’s not something other people would want to revisit, in my opinion.
Congratulations on the number of comments you have, Deborah. That’s wonderful. Unfortunately, I lost all mine some months ago. I was devastated. However, you are right, the conversations are the best part of a blog.
deborah.woehr on 22 Jul 2007 at 3:45 pm #
I remember when you lost your original blog due to that upgrade. I felt really bad when that happened because I had an upgrade that went bad on The Writers Buzz, where I also lost everything. I’m glad you persevered and started over.