Why do people Blog?

By Cesar Olivas

There can be as many answers for this question as people who blog, but the growth of the internet has revolutionized communications, the way we get information across, especially in places where the media is property of the government. In these kinds of places, where people cannot freely speak their mind, blogging can be extremely attractive, this is their way to express their thoughts.

For the rest of us, the answer will differ. Some people would say (and have told me) that blogging is a waste of time, that I cannot possibly get anything from it, but I know that they are wrong. In this age, blogs are used to inform, to teach, to spread the word about news, technology, and knowledge in general, and network with individuals like us; in politics, it is used to express opinions that would not be expressed through conventional media; In education, you can basically Google a tutorial on something and it will most likely take you to a blog, where you are going to find the information that you were looking for; in business, it is a way to advertise a product, to show it to the world, to make a campaign. Some people will just do it because they want to be heard, or they want to keep their online diary; but there is a common goal:

• To reach as many people as possible.

Why do I blog? For lots of these same reasons, because I want to be heard, because I want to teach and be taught, because I want to make an online presence, create a brand. As a web designer, this is something that I have to do, that will be fundamental for my career, and the more knowledge I share, the more I can get from people who hear me.

Blogging is the new way of saying “I exist”…like some people would say: “I blog, therefore I exist”…

So let’s keep blogging, let’s stay alive.