02.11.04
I’ve got no idea where this post is going so….
I think i’m just going to throw a cross-section of what’s going on in my head for something to do… sleep is not for quite some time yet as i’ve just done another site upgrade and my endorphin levels are through the roof.
ed: it’s a sad day when you admit to an endorphin high after rolling out software to pc’s…. d’oh!
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FILL IT IN AND REPLY
1.What time is it? 23:23
2. Name as it appears on your birth certificate? Adam . …
3. Nickname: I don’t even want to think about what people call me 
4. Parents name: Keith and Ann
5. Number of candles that appeared on your last birthday cake: 25
6. Date that you regularly blow them out? 27th of Feb
7. Pets: Nada, they all die on me.
8. Eye colour: hazel
9. Hair colour: brown
10. Piercings: left ear
11. Tattoos: none as of yet, but would if my best mate would come and get o e done with me!
12. Favourite colour: Blue
13. Hometown: Brisbane
14. Current residence: here
15. Favourite food: Italian
16. Been in a car accident?: One
17. Sprite or 7UP?: Neither - Kirks Lemonade!
18. Favourite movie? Too many to write down
19. Favourite Holiday: Tangalooma when I was a kid
20. Favourite day of the week: Saturday, weekend has started but still plenty of time to go
21. Favourite word or phrase: Anything that makes me laugh
22. Favourite flowers: Classic.. Roses…. Modern…. Gerberas
23. Favourite drink: Water, Juice… Rum … anything cold and refreshing
24. Favourite sport to watch: Adventure sports
25. Favourite ice-cream: Cold Rock Ice Cream
26. When was your last hospital visit? Can’t remember (glad it’s been that long)
27. How many times did you fail your drivers test?: none
28. Who is the last person you got e-mail from before this? Michelle, web designer
29. Convicted of a crime?: Nothing as of yet
30. Which single store would you choose to max your credit card? A holden dealership
31. Name the person that you are friends with that lives the farthest away? Mario
32. Bedtime?: 12-3am ..
33. Favourite movie or song quote?: Any one-liner by Bruce …
34. Do you have a crush on someone?: hahahaha, no comment …. actually no ‘crushes’ ….
35. Last person you went out to lunch with: Jason and Carly
36. Last person you kissed?: It’s been so long !
37. Last person you called? Eve
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In case you didn’t see my edit of my earlier post…..
Go here. I promise i’ll stop salivating soon.
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A two-pronged segment of thought is both the perception issues about the ‘blogworthiness’ of a post, and also the impact of the web page counter…
When I first started blogging, it was on the up-and-up but still reasonably techie to have a blog. There were some very cool people out there doing the blogging thing, but mainstream acceptance was catching up in a huge way. Today (only 18-20 months on from my very first blog) it’s almost unusual to hear about people who ‘don’t’ blog in one form or another. If they’re not active bloggers, they certainly know about them, can certainly tell you what they represent, and most people can point you to at least one they read on a regular basis.
And somewhere in there it went from nerdy to techie to trendy to cool to mainstream to blog. And whilst billions of pages of crap (mine included) are spewed forth every day on the ‘net I can’t help but wonder how many of those bloggers have modified their writing habits for the benefits of their audience or due to the popularity that they have found.
My blog was never meant to be a ‘public’ affair. It was a place where I wanted to push my thoughts and feelings out to the world, to have people anonymously surf by and read, or become interested viewers watching through the microscope, probing away gently and submissively at my existence.
Through certain channels, my blog gained a certain notoriety with my workplace, and I found myself in the middle of a storm. One one hand I was now bound to be very controlled in the things I said (no more abuse of colleagues or their actions) but I also realised I now had a very powerful one-way outlet to push conservative viewpoints without many readers realising. Was my manipulation meant for purposes of an evil or perverse nature, certainly not. But I did come to realise the power that the blog can hold, or how little affect it can have dependent on the audience, definitely.
If I am to anonymously receive 10,000 visitors a day (I can dream!) then the chances of impact to my life would be fairly minimal. However, give this ddress to 100 of my closest work colleagues and you have a completely different story.
Caraxus was lamenting that his page count had buoyed and then settled to a predictable level thereby causing him to question the nature of ‘are more hits what counts’? Now for someone in the public eye, in the acting profession, there is always a difficult line between popularity and artistic creativity. I’m not saying that they are always linked (take U2 for example), but is the impact for the actor more profound if they are not to receive the 500 desired daily hits?
I have decided to take down my counter when I move to new host and layout. Not because I won’t have stats available to me, but because I want to write for myself and to articulate my life and the lives that I care about in a chronological fashion for all to see. Will the site gain in popularity as it has been doing, one can’t really know. I would expect as the depth of content grows then I will receive more google-related lookups and possibly even a few extra visitors, but do I want this to be my main motivation to blog, no, not for me.
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I like writing about stuff like that…. more on it later I be thinking…..
Loving all your work
A