A BLOG is a word play on "web" and "log" which to most people is just an online journal. Because it is online,
rather than hidden in a bedside drawer, it is actually a very differnt medium than the old fashioned journal. The BLOG
concept is relatively new but is booming in popularity and getting recognition in more traditional press as
an interesting example of an emerging M:M (many-to-many) communication medium. While the majority of BLOG's could
contain nothing of note they are inspired by the personal desire of individuals to express themselves (rather than make money)
and can at times offer a refreshingly different prespective than the commercial media.
My ex-fiancee Amy used to live with Evan Williams (the creator of Blogger and now Twitter) and had asked me in the early days to do a technical review of the pre-Blogger site. I never got around to doing it unfortunately but I'd had it in my mind that it would be interesting to try a blog out for some time. In July of 2001 I agreed to take a 1 year assignment in India and I finally got off my proverbial ass and signed up with blogger. Armed with my blog and a new digital SLR (the Canon D30 was the best thing since sliced bread at the time), I was ready to take on the world. Well at least write about it.
Amy and I parted
ways which made the name of my blog -- KenAndAmy.blogspot.com -- seemingly less appropropriate so I switched to the name I still use today: kensnyder.blogspot.com. I find posting on the blog a cathartic experience, an indirect way of communicating what I'm up to to people who care, and
recently have realized it serves as a great tool for me to figure out what I was doing at various points in the past. Who knew. Anyway, feel free to peek in if you like, can't promise you'll find it terribly interesting but if you do, drop me a line and let me know.
A BLOG is a word play on "web" and "log" which to most people is just an online journal. Because it is online, rather than hidden in a bedside drawer, it is actually a very differnt medium than the old fashioned journal. The BLOG concept is relatively new but is booming in popularity and getting recognition in more traditional press as an interesting example of an emerging M:M (many-to-many) communication medium. While the majority of BLOG's could contain nothing of note they are inspired by the personal desire of individuals to express themselves (rather than make money) and can at times offer a refreshingly different prespective than the commercial media.
My ex-fiancee Amy used to live with Evan Williams (the creator of Blogger and now Twitter) and had asked me in the early days to do a technical review of the pre-Blogger site. I never got around to doing it unfortunately but I'd had it in my mind that it would be interesting to try a blog out for some time. In July of 2001 I agreed to take a 1 year assignment in India and I finally got off my proverbial ass and signed up with blogger. Armed with my blog and a new digital SLR (the Canon D30 was the best thing since sliced bread at the time), I was ready to take on the world. Well at least write about it.
Amy and I parted ways which made the name of my blog -- KenAndAmy.blogspot.com -- seemingly less appropropriate so I switched to the name I still use today: kensnyder.blogspot.com. I find posting on the blog a cathartic experience, an indirect way of communicating what I'm up to to people who care, and recently have realized it serves as a great tool for me to figure out what I was doing at various points in the past. Who knew. Anyway, feel free to peek in if you like, can't promise you'll find it terribly interesting but if you do, drop me a line and let me know.