Thank you for your comments, most of which were sent to me via email since, apparently, I didn't make it easy for you non-bloggers to post comments. Sorry. The tech geek husband has helped me fix all of that. Although he doesn't have his own blog, he is sure to make sure his wife's blog is set up correctly and even switched to the "latest and greatest" beta version of the new blogger. He is always on the cutting edge. Maybe I will be there someday too. By the way, for you non-tech geeks, I should mention that I was honestly surprised at how easy it was to start my own blog. The homepage advertises "less than five minutes" and I actually found that to be true. Perhaps one good reason to hop on the Web 2.0 bandwagon and set up your own blog instead of sticking with the traditional Web 1.0 (is that a real term?) version is the ease of use. Of course, that is probably a fairly ignorant statement since I'm not even sure what is involved in creating a "traditional website", if there is such a thing.
Most of you agreed that you just don't have (or choose to make) the time to sit in front of the computer monitor reading other people's blogs or creating your own (with the exception of my brother who took the time to set up his own blog titled, "I Suck", just so he could post a comment - gotta love it!). Among other non-blogger friends, I think the exact words were, "reading someone else's crap, especially someone that you don't know, is a weird use of time for me." My sentiments exactly. I think I'm back to the idea that using a blog to keep up with friends and relatives (i.e. posting pictures of family, for example) makes sense to me. Beyond that, I don't feel I have the time to read the "random ramblings" of people I don't even know (so you're probably wondering why anyone should be reading mine?).
I believe hubby's fascination with blogging is that it is a simple, cheap and fast means of becoming "published". It is a way of connecting, potentially, with many different people in many different places that you otherwise would not have access to. While the majority of users are like me, there are the chosen few who have gained a huge audience or even made a business out of their blog. For example, the old British gentleman on YouTube became famous when he received 8,000 comments in response to his very first vlog. Personally, I just don't get it. I guess what makes him a unique YouTube user is his age. I'm sure he is a very nice person with an interesting personal history. However, I certainly don't feel I'm missing out by not viewing every single one of his vlogs (I have viewed one on hubby's suggestion). No offense, but what is the big deal?????? I'm glad the guy has found a personal hobby (and I'm sure YouTube is too!), but I just don't understand the phenomenon.
Saturday, August 26, 2006
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Hubby here, chiming in on this...just to add some clarity on my stance ;)
My fascination is not with blogs only, rather, it is with the entire evolution of the technology and how the Internet is being used by tech geeks and non-tech geeks everywhere.
My point in "bidding" the skeptic wife to view Geriatric1927 was not to focus on the content of his vlog but rather to demonstrate how a man entering his sunset years in a small town in the UK has found a global audience for his life story and insights on life.
Here are the current stats for what he started 3 weeks ago:
Channel Views - 808,598
Channel Subscribers - 24,766
and get this...
1,785,189 views of his first video entitled "First Try"...yes, that is millions of views!!! More than some network shows get.
The age has dawned where anyone can publish anything for relatively no cost with the potential for garnering a huge audience. As in any media, eyeballs = dollars.
Geriatric1927 has said he won't be taking any of the new found attention to the bank. He has refused hundreds of requests to appear on tv and has turned down any sort of interview.
He is using YouTube as his platform for his memoirs. His reward is not financial, rather it is a form of validation, a sense of belonging to a community, and maybe the feeling that he can impart some wisdom or insight to the generation behind him. Isn't that what "real life" is all about anyways?
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