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What is the point of blogging?

BloggerCon conference at Harvard is in full wing. Someone asked what to respond when asked about the point of blogging. Philip Greenspun has scribbled down a few suggestions.

Like Philip says, this is like the question back in the 90´s: What is the point of a personal web site?

Personal Web sites are interesting because they support 20- or 30-page essays beautifully, with search engines directing interested readers to those essays right at the moment that they're curious about that topic.

Philip quotes a few suggestions from people at BloggerCon. I personally like Philip´s answer best:

My personal answer: my main site (philip.greenspun.com) is there to relate things that I've learned so that others don't have to repeat my mistakes; this blog is here to entertain friends and if other folks stumble across it and are entertained or find their thinking sparked in new directions, that's gravy.

Simple and easy. It is about sharing and finding.

Philip Greenspun's Weblog: What is the point of blogging?

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