Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?

In the world of blogs, social media and all our opinions we forget where it all came from and why it was even started in the first place. One day, a thought popped into somebody’s head to create a webpage that is totally dedicated to a set of thoughts, opinions or just journal entries because some people’s lives are more entertaining than others. Strangely enough, the people whose lives aren’t so entertaining enjoys reading about what those others write, like you reading this blog.

This collection of thoughts or ideas in web form is commonly referred to as a blog. It can be about anything, surrounding any topic or it could just be about absolutely nothing. But as long as you have people reading it or if you just like writing then it doesn’t really matter what is written in it. But a blog cannot exist without the person doing it which is the blogger. This is the creative person, sometimes, that writes all these posts that people, hopefully, enjoy reading. This dedicated soul toils day and night to ensure that your next post gets published to satisfy your cravings.

The most exciting part about all this though is the blogging. This is the act of actually writing the blog. In the not so distant past, just writing a journal and posting online for others to see was an amazing thing to do. Presently, blogging is a whole other animal, no, a beast! Blogs are now infused with pictures, both stills and animated, videos, podcasts, music and anything else that the blogger can imagine. This really is what blogging is, the creative activity of a person that creates an art form and shares it with the world. Some people write so often and need to satisfy their own urges that they live on platforms like Twitter and Tumblr which creates a specific category called microblogging.

Technology is such a fascinating thing because as soon as we get used to something happening one way they change it and make it so much better. Case in point, look at all the wonderful things that blogs can do … but have you ever heard of Vlogs, Vloggers and Vlogging?

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