I just finished reading the interview featuring Jason Kottee, a professional blogger, that was conducted in August of 2006. The interview was a part of series of interviews conducted by a reporter by the name of Rebecca Blood. The series follows a bunch of different professional bloggers talking about their own unique experiences in the new frontier of blogs.
The interview went through a bunch of different general questions i.e. What was your first blog? How did it become popular? etc.
The section of the interview I thought was the most interesting was the part that he talked about his wife, who is also a professional blogger. he talked about how his blog led to them meeting and their lives together now. They both maintain blogs but Jason admits to not always reading everything his wife posts. He says that sometimes he gets caught 'skimming'. I thought it was interesting how he says that it led to actually having conversations (albeit about their blogs) in person.
It shows how these people who spend 8-10 hours online a day can sometimes get caught up in their online personalities and loose touch with people in the real world. This sentiment is pretty cliche but is a little closer to home the more I think about it.These people use these blogs as jobs. They earn income from these websites and spend 8 hours a day working on them. My life isn't too far off. I don't spend nearly that much time online but I spend more than enough time making pizzas. Most people would think that spending 8 hours a day making pizzas and running an italian restaurant is ridiculous. These bloggers life are very similar to mine or anyone working full-time. Everyone just puts in thier 8 hours and then goes home. They do their best not to let each one conflict with each other.
The interview made me relate to these bloggers more than I thought I could. They just all seem like normal people who seemed to stumble into the beginnings of something huge.
-North
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