I'm an infrequent blogger but I do it.   Over the years I've focused on technology and politics and lately on my family.
I blog for me and once in a while outsiders see it.  That's cool too.

i never have been into blogs, either writing them or reading them but each to their own.
if they feel the need to write their opinions and post them to the internet then good for them. it just doesn't interest me. give me a good topical chatroom anyday where you can actually discuss the issues live with people.

Nimbin, let me give an example of usefulness of a blog. When I was playing with Vista and XP dual boot, I had a few issues, I took notes and when I fixed everything, I posted the problem and resolution on my blog. That link has the highest number of hits on my blog to date. The entry was made 15 months ago. WWW Link

Just like here, where people download the content and do not pay or say a thank you, people found my post useful in resolving a specific issue but would not acknowledge. But that's beside the point.

You will also see a lot of rant over my blog. People don't pay attention to it. How do I know? Hit count. But I continue to write those so that I remember it.

I trust peoples experience more than expert opinion. I have very low trust for certified experts. This is where I read blogs most. I look for specific experiences. The more I read, the more I can form an opinion. Except of course politics and fan boy stuff.

I voted yes but then read what a blog is

and I need to change my vote to NO


see I thought the forums was a blog

I don't blog, I do write poetry, maybe I should create a poetry blog, then again I should copyright them 1st (smile). I concur with Nimbin, a good lively chat suits me better. However, some blogs are helpful as in jamespaulp's example.

Also, a note to jamespaulp, posts like your dual boot post, along with forums like windowsbbs.com, have been invaluable help to me over the years.



jamespaulp, I too use vista/xp dual boot on my computers, luckily I found EasyBCD, a program that addresses bootloader issues related to Vista. It is here: http://neosmart.net/software.php