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April 24, 2006 by Jim Parker in blogging

The first blog post is the hardest. I know this because I have already written the second and third ones.

Thus, I think I will write about why I am doing this.

I am completely amazed by some of the blogs I have read. The imagination, the intellect, the experience, the wit just blows me away. And these talented people are (for the most part) doing it all for free. For free.

Well, maybe not completely for free. We, their audience are in fact paying with our attention. We read their stuff and think about it. And some of us make comments on their stuff. That’s giving something back. Furthermore, some of us even produce our own blogs that from time to time might reference another blogger’s work. That too is giving something back.

But there is even more that bloggers get back. They get better ideas back. The process of communicating is, in and of itself, a value-adding activity. Ideas float around in everyone’s head. Yet, when one thinks about those ideas, works on them, and develops them so that others can understand them, then the ideas change. They become more developed, more thought out. They get better. And that’s just because the time was taken to prepare them for sharing.

However, the best thing bloggers get back is the sense that they did something of value. They put forth effort that added value to the world. They created something. They produced. They contributed to the betterment of world, even if only in a small, small way.

This, indeed, is a very noble endeavor.

Thus, I too will contribute.