A Blog About Blogs.

Although I'd like to think I'm somewhat up to speed on some of the latest trends in terms of social media and other forms of online communication and interaction with the outside world, I don't necessarily subscribe to a lot of it.  Blogging would be one of those facets of the internet I've never had a huge interest in.  I have come across blogs through Google searches or that others have recommended I take a look at and found some to be somewhat interesting, helpful, and even entertaining.  I even know a few people who have their own blogs and thought they turned out to be pretty neat.  However, that's about as far as I've ever delved into this corner of the cyber world.  This semester of "forced" blogging should be interesting as I explore exactly what this new arena of sharing information, in both a personal and professional sense brings.  I have already learned that people blog for what seems like a million different reasons.  That being said, they all have one thing in common; they have chosen to share their insights with the world (unless the blog happens to be part of a school assignment, through which they did not magically come up with the idea on their own.)  There must be something to blogging if so many people go out of their way to set up an account and give up their precious time (spare or otherwise) to chronicle their thoughts, feelings, discoveries, etc.  With that revelation, I've decided to overlook the fact that I did NOT choose to create my own blog and will try to embrace all of the positive things  I uncover along the way that seem to draw so many millions of people to take part in such a crazy concept!   :)