Monthly Archives: January 2010

Why Do I Have Blogs

Yesterday I registered another domain in Godaddy. And I am actually a little shamed about myself. I have blogged for a long time, perhaps for two or three years, but I have never really focus on my blogs. It is easy to set up a wordpress blog, like people said, in just five minutes. But to make a successful blog takes years. So as the new year is just beginning, I am gonna make myself a plan and start from scratch. That’s why I bought the new domain ( I will try, though I know it is hard)

So back to today’s topic: why do you have blogs. As we know, there are hundreds of sites flying around the cyberspace, and they provide almost everything we need to know, what is the point of having blogs? I gave it a second thought and listed several reasons below. Let’s just have a look at these ones.

Number 1: It is really easy to set up blogs. Blogger or wordpress are good places where you can hold your blogs. If you would like to have an investment, you can buy a domain and host service. And it’s cheap really. You can earn your money back or, make it a big deal, if you know how to blog your way out. AdSense or link sell are always fantastic ways of making money online. As a matter of fact, there are now too many junk blogs. Perhaps my blog is one of them. I am going to do something.

Number 2: It is easy to update my blog regularly with current news or hot topics so as to share ideas with people. For example, Google was planning to leave China; the world economy is recovering. Besides, I can add my views and when people leaves their comments. Well, I am always waiting for people’s comments. Comments on blogs means I am one step further towards the success of my blog.

I also quoted several views from other people below.

“I blog to share ideas, spark debate, learn, inform and express my thoughts and opinions. ”

“I started Reportr.net when I started teaching at the University of British Columbia. As a professor of new media, I felt I should practice what I preach, so the blog was a way of establishing a professional presence online. It was also a way to share ideas and thoughts on trends in media, society and technology, engaging with others with similar interests. Perhaps its greatest value professionally has been as a living notebook that is shared online. The blog has turned into a valuable archive for my research, which I can access from anywhere and find anything via search.”

“I started to blog recently, for business reasons. I just started my own company, Betta Book Publishing, and thought blogging would help me connect with my clients, authors, readers, etc. My blogs provide information about my company, my clients, my (soon-to-be) authors, writers (as I provide advice and tips), and other information I feel is relevant to share. It’s been a great experience so far, and I look forward to expanding my Site and blog in the future!”

About Writing

Writing is hard work for almost everyone. It is difficult to do the intense and active thinking that clear writing demands. Perhaps television has made us all so passive that the active thinking necessary in both writing and reading now seems doubly hard. It is frightening to sit down before a blank sheet of paper and know that an hour later, nothing on it may be worth keeping. It is frustrating to discover how much of a challenge it is to transfer thoughts and feelings from one’s head onto a sheet of paper. It is upsetting to find that an apparently simple writing subject often turns out to be complicated. But writing is not an automatic process; we will not get something for nothing; and we can not expect something for nothing. Competent writing results only from plain hard work—determination, sweat, and head-on battle.

Writing is a skill, like driving, typing, or cooking. Like any skill, it can be learned—if you decide that you are going to learn it , and if you then really work at it. All skills improve with practice, so the more you write, the better your writing will become.

Americans’ Marriage and Family

Marriage in the United States tends to look more like serial monogamy than lifetime partnership, especially in the major cities. Just under half of all marriages end in divorce. However, this statistic is misleading: many people, such as Elizabeth Taylor or Todd Fisher, marry repeatedly but three-quarters of Americans who marry for the first time stay that way. The others go through several spouses before settling down and approximately 10% of men and 5% of women never marry at all.

When Americans say family, they mean a nuclear family of Mom, Dad, and the kids. An ideal family is a non-working wife, the caring, nurturing mother who greets children after school with plate of home-baked cookies. Such women, while they do exist, are nearly extinct. More than 80% of women between the ages of 35 and 45 are employed outside the home for the simple reason that they need the money. The children go to day care nurseries or stay with a relative or neighbor; when they are old enough, they go to school and to after-school care. Working parents, especially those in demanding careers, must console themselves by spending “quality time”  rather than quantity time with their children.