Life

Why blog?

I think every person leads an interesting life. Mine is no different too.

I have always wanted to blog , not really because i need to get people to read it (though that would be nice), but more because of i can come back and understand , probably even relive some thoughts i had, kind of like a diary. But then people rarely re-read diaries.

Having been into internet marketing, I’ve realized that people have a warped idea of why blogs become successful.

News flash: No one wants to read about your thoughts and innermost desires, your frustrations or anything else in between. No super personal blog is quite ever successful.

There Are personal blogs, but they are successful because they focus on something singularly unique about the person. Maybe the person is a good cook and writes about cookery, or works at a design firm and writes about design. Or is a single parent and writes about parenting. Or a stock broker who drops hints in-between his daily thoughts of which stocks you should buy.

There is always a narrow set of themes to every successful blog. The usual ramblings and mismash of thoughts that we have, never translate into something readable for anyone else.

There are a few exceptions, like if  a blog is written by an actor. It becomes popular simply on the strength of their personality, and people flock to know more. But i doubt it lasts long.

I spend most of my ‘awake’ time trying to make a difference to my work. Its important to me, and leaves me hardly enough time to do anything else. (being busy doesn’t make me important, it just means im busy :))

But there are three themes i have in mind for my blog – if its to ever become even remotely readable for anyone who stops by to take a look

1. Technopark: I dont think anyone has done enough justice to writing about Technopark. I have a few ideas in mind, but i just don’t have the time to take it to completion. But its in the back of my head

2. Photography: Although not a full fledged photography enthusiast myself, i think i’ve found a niche area which is not addressed sufficiently. Im working on it and hope to blog around it.

3. Design and marketing: That’s a long time away. Maybe some day in the future.

Personal blogging is something i might add in the way of thoughts, but not the ‘im brushing my teeth now’ or ‘i got a pimple today’ variety.

Life goes on.

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