POLL: Blogs

[piper84]

1. Do you write your own blog? If so, what type of blog is it (fitness, cooking, family, etc.)? Is it private or public?

2. Do you enjoy reading blogs? If yes, what are some of your favorites?

I have a private blog for my friends and family with baby / AF / family updates, but I'm thinking of starting my own personal (public) blog. Hmmm.

[meltoine]

I had one when we we're stationed in Egypt. It was hard to keep in contact with all of our family members because of the time difference, and I was pregnant and everyone always wanted to know how that was going. I updated about once a week. It was private and only family and a few friends had the password.

I follow the blogs of a few girls from this board. I also follow The Feminist Breeder and a few more midwifery-specific blogs. Generally, I don't like to just read about other people's lives though, especially if they're strangers. The few ladies Mormon here that I follow, I follow mostly because they have cute kids!

[meltoine]

Also - I've frequently toyed with the idea of starting a public blog, but every time I really start considering it I convince myself that there is nothing the it do that's really all that different/more interesting to what other people do. I would love to read a blog about birth stories from a midwife's point of view, but that's a huge ethics violation unless you have written consent from the mom, and that's just a lot of paperwork to keep straight, KWIM? I wish someone else would do it, but I don't have the patience to do it myself.

[beans]

I have thought about starting a blog, but every time I do, I feel like its too AWy and I don't do it. Like who would really care that much about the minutia of my life? I mean, someone maybe, but I feel self-conscious about pulling the switch.

[basilosaurus]

I briefly had one when I was in Japan. I never did much with it, though. Also, I tried to make it too many things at once.

The blogs I read are pretty much all professional. Pharyngula, a few Patheos blogs, Pandagon, apparently I like the Ps I throw Science Based Medicine in there for a little alphabetical variety.

[G22]

I have a private blog I use to just update our family and friends. I write about random stuff we do and trips we take. Eventually when we have kids, I'll update about them.

[piper84]

Oct 17, 2012 13:52:35 GMT -5 beans said:

I have thought about starting a blog, but every time I do, I feel like its too AWy and I don't do it. Like who would really care that much about the minutia of my life? I mean, someone maybe, but I feel self-conscious about pulling the switch.

This is exactly how I feel! I feel okay about the private family blog because people are ALWAYS asking me for pics of our baby, updates on H at OTS, etc. But as far as starting another blog about me, I feel like I wouldn't be doing anything different than the other 20 millions blogs out there.

[brandienee]

Oct 17, 2012 13:52:35 GMT -5 beans said:

I have thought about starting a blog, but every time I do, I feel like its too AWy and I don't do it. Like who would really care that much about the minutia of my life? I mean, someone maybe, but I feel self-conscious about pulling the switch.

This is me, except I have a blog that I update exactly every 6 months, when I get excited about sharing my life on the internets, then get scared and go back into my hole.

[kpol]

I started one when we moved here to keep up with family. It's mostly just little life updates, sharing vacations and a few recipes. It's not private yet, but I'm thinking of making it soon.

[meltoine]

Oct 17, 2012 19:09:54 GMT -5 @88mangoes said:

What blog service did ya'll use for a private (PW protected) blog?

I created mine in iWeb and published it on MobileMe. I'm a contributing writer in another PW-protected blog hosted on blogspot.