What Is A Blog?

I live in what seems like one of the least technologically savvy places in the world.  Western Kentucky.  While there are many that are technologically savvy, there are just as many, if not more, that probably don’t even own a computer.  And if they do it’s only to send and receive email.

So it’s no surprise that when I tell others I’m a professional blogger, they ask me, “What’s a blog?”  I think I get asked this at least once or twice a day.  But I find myself stumbling for an answer each and every time.

When you start blogging and interacting with the blogging community, you tend to not really worry about the basics, like what blogging even is, so when you’re asked, it may be a little hard to give a good answer.

What is Blogging?

I often go back to the answer that blogging is basically an online journal, except it’s not anymore, it can be whatever you want it to be.  But this only serves to confuse those who ask me that much more.

Some of them actually stop listening and start looking around, trying to get out of the conversation just as quickly as they got into it.

To put it simply, blogging is nothing more than a website where you write articles and they display in a reverse chronological order.  It’s a new form of news media that is controlled by anyone that has something to say, rather than a college educated journalist.

A Little Help From Common Craft

The next time you find yourself stammering for an answer about what blogging really is, send those asking the question to this post.  Tell them to watch this video by the Common Craft Show, then if they have further questions, feel free to make an attempt at answering them.