A few weeks ago, I was asked questions about blogging by the author of Shadowsignals blog.
Shadowsignals does not exist anymore, so I’ll publish them here. Beginning here, after my introduction, with the first question, and my reply to it.
Dear Kitty Blog started on 2 January 2005. Then, it was at ModBlog.
However, ModBlog was bought by a bigger corporation who gradually let it go down the drain.
Eventually, my whole blog, and thousands of other blogs, were gone there, without warning.
So, now [UPDATE: in 2007. Not anymore after 2011] I am at Blogsome. I did manage to transfer some, though a minority, of my blogs from ModBlog to Blogsome, using the Google cache.
Question: You call your blog “Dear Kitty” in reference to the way Anne Frank addressed her diary.
Despite the fact that blogging is now mainstream, do you feel that there is still a subversive element to the process for the bulk of bloggers or is it mainly a childish “look at me” play for attention?
Answer: I think the answer to this question is basically dependent on the individual who does the blogging.
There is a very big variety in blogs.
Some bloggers write only on their domestic cats; some politicians blog only on their local council, or wherever they are members of.
Some teenagers write mainly about being in love; or about school; or about quarrels. Some bloggers write mainly on music; on Internet technology, etc . etc.
There definitely CAN still be a subversive element in blogging, but it is up to the individual bloggers to do that.
I wonder a bit about the word “still” here.
I think right from the beginning of blogging, there was a big variety in content between various bloggers, some not subversive, some a bit subversive, some a lot subversive. And basically, though there are many more blogs now, it probably is still that way.
Maybe many blogs will change somewhat, or a lot, from what they are at the moment.
Anne Frank’s diary is interesting in this respect. She originally intended it as a fairly standard schoolgirl’s diary, about fellow schoolgirls, (potential) boyfriends, teachers, etc.
However, soon, she was not at school any more, she had to hide in the “Achterhuis”.
That meant the character of her diary changed: political and war issues from day to day; her views on the background of the world war; looking at a tree, and birds sitting on it, in a backyard which she probably would have passed without writing about when she started her diary, etc.
From the beginning I intended to deal with a variety of issues as they would come up (so, more like Anne Frank’s diary as it eventually turned out, then as she intended right at her starting point).
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You are welcome 🙂
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I agree with you. There are probably as many kinds of blogs as there are bloggers.
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True. I wish you a good 2013 for you and your blog!
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Thank you. I’ll be uploading original contents (for example, my art, music, calligraphy, design and statistics) from time to time.
Have you had a chance to listen to my musical compositions yet? Click Music (in post format) or Music (in page format) to learn more about SoundEagle‘s art, music and philosophical ethos.
Regarding Food to make, to love or to write about more than to eat, try http://soundeagle.wordpress.com/2012/12/08/soundeagle-in-edible-art-glorious-food-and-festive-season/. Please feast your eyes and enjoy!
SoundEagle looks forward to reading your thoughts and comments . . . . 🙂
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Thank you for your extensive information!
Unfortunately, I have a very S-L-O-W computer, and it takes long before a post on your site loads.
However, we WILL meet again 🙂
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Ouch! I can see how this could frustrate and inconvenience you or anybody. In addition, the slowness could also possibly be partially caused by S-L-O-W Internet connection.
SoundEagle looks forward to us soaring together, my dear finch!
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As a guide for you, in the event that you intend to fix or upgrade your computer system, most of SoundEagle’s posts and pages should take less than three second to load fully.
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Yes, I hope this will happen.
Probably, I will add more memory to the computer.
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16 Giga bytes of RAM if you can afford it, plus a fast central processor unit (CPU), and a speedy broadband connection of 20 Mega bits/sec or more, and a large, energy-efficient LED monitor. Choose a desktop (cheaper and yet more extensible and durable) rather than a laptop or tablet, unless portability is essential.
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Probably, just an extra memory card on my desktop computer 🙂
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Dear Kitty,
I was a big fan of Ann Frank’s diary – she was such an intelligent and courageous and enthusiastic young girl and I think you have the same zesty qualities. I wish I had more time to read more of your blog but please know that when I do, it always hits me in the heart and either wakes me up or leaves me with a smile on my face ! You write very well and you have no fear of going where others will not tread and I greatly admire that. And all your nature videos are wonderful. I see so many things I would not otherwise see !
Is there something we can call YOU, other than Kitty ?
Wishing you a wonderful 2016 ! May your words keep flowing like water and your message remain as appealing as chocolate !
Yours in admiration !
Bright.
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Hi Bright,
Thank you so much for your kind message!
I wish you a happy 2016 for you, and for your blog as well!
petrel41
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Facing to day a new pre-war period it may be a good reason to have such diary written but to have it in the open already today, before it is too late ….
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I agree.
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