Webmastering Biker

I was talking to the future Mrs. Biker the other day about blogging and she turned around and said to me "I don't get blogging, it's just filled with millions of useless, childish uninteresting ramblings. I hate reading the mundane trivialities of people who have nothing to say".

I replied that a great proportion of blogs are just like that and most within a few weeks just stop and give up because they realise that after the one or two things that they really wanted to say, it was in fact quite difficult to continue writing interesting material week in week out. However, there are blogs out there that are useful and popular and if you have the material and the dedication then it is worth attempting.

She wasn't convinced. And then it occurred to me that there was an analogy that is quite appropriate to blogging. Here is what I should have said to her..

Do you remember the first time you went to secondary school at 11 years old. Usually this is the biggest move a child makes and entering a huge building filled with people you don't know is a daunting place. I remember the first break time wandering around the school yard filled with thousands of people who scared me witless. I will admit that I didn't enjoy my first day at the bigger school.

But after a few days you make friends and start hanging around with people you do like. That school yard is still filled with thousands, and you can't hope that you will connect or befriend all of them but having a few friends makes this all irrelevant. Similarly, the playground is full of different kinds of people, some will not like you, some are indifferent and some will openly like you when you meet them. Being a child in a playground is all about finding a small network of people that relate to you.

Blogging is no different, it is filled with a multitude of people and it is unrealistic to assume you can connect with everyone, but after a while if you persevere you will have your own little circle of people who relate to you. It is realistic to assume that you will encounter many more people who may or may not like what you do. Blogging isn't always about shouting to absolutely everyone in the world, but is more about finding a network within the multitude so that you can connect with people who relate to you. The other's whom you don't connect with are not important.



I think I'll try this with her.