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Part I: Getting Started with Blogs
the stamps; they only have to leave a comment on your blog post. You might
find you’re talking more with your family than ever before!
You don’t have to find the postage stamps either, so keeping in touch
through your blog is inexpensive and less time-consuming than snail mail. And
no more envelopes to lick.
Of course, not all lives come up roses every day; they can’t all be wedding
and travel blogs. Personal blogs can be intense when they document rough
times. Derek Miller (www.penmachine.com), a Vancouver-based writer, has
used his blog, shown in Figure 1-2, to document his experiences with cancer.
He posted this blog entry on June 8, 2009:
“Sometimes, for a few days, it’s easy to forget how sick I am. But I found
out I have cancer two and a half years ago, and I’ve been under some sort
of treatment — chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, or recovering from those
things — the whole time. Tomorrow I’ll hear the results of my latest CT
scan, good or bad. That will help determine what comes next.”
In your eagerness to let your friends know about what you’re up to, don’t
forget that anyone in the world can access a blog (unlike a real diary or
scrapbook), now and in the future. Don’t publish anything that you might find
embarrassing in the future, and have the same consideration when you talk
about others or use photographs.
Figure 1-2:
Derek Miller
blogs about
everything
in his life,
from che-
motherapy
to Apple’s
new
operating
system.
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