Mind Blogging-

Here's how I tried to explain Blogging to a friend of mine:

Paper is to word processor, as
Grid paper and calculator is to spreadsheet, as
Printed brochure is to webpage, as
Manuscript is to M/S Word document, as
Stamp and letter is to e-mail, as
Journal is to Blog.....

The ways that this can be applied is mind boggling. It's much more that just keeping a journal. It can be the back end of your home page. Who has time to keep their home page up to date? Certainly not me. God knows I've tried several times. With Blogs, I can just jot a note anytime I'm on line - with my computer or any one else's that can connect to the Blog host site via browser. One click and my note gets formatted and posted on my website. No pain, no strain. Immediate (sometimes too immediate) idea capture. You can make them public or private. You can share them with a close group of associates so that everyone in the group can post. You can set up different ones to track different topics. The list goes on and on.

One feature that I really like is that you can setup a url link capture. Suppose you are surfing a particular webpage and see something you want to share with the world (or just capture in your own very private, personal journal along with a note or two about why it is so interesting for you.) Click the 'blog this' link on your browser and it automatically captures the url link and opens a window for you to record your thoughts. Click 'post' and it automatically updates your Blog....

Really cool. Really, really cool....

I have a bad habit of surfing around the net, seeing things of interest, then forgetting where they were. Now I'm setting up Blogs for each topic of interest - like stock investment opportunities, technology trends, etc. When I surf something that fits in one of those categories rather than bookmark it and forget why I was interested in it, I blog it, add a notation, and post. Later I have a complete reverse chronological journal of my travels.... It's fantastic for some of the projects I do at work (and in my personal life as well, of course!)

Kind of Mind-Blogging when you think of it.... !:')

- posted by tempusmaster @ 9:51 PM