Having just read Paulosoxo’s blog, which is one of those that really puts thing into perspective…

Just wondered who else on STW blogs? and what about? why do you do it?

And yes, i am now going to use this as a chance to share mine!
Mine is usually made up of rambling about life with occasional posts on a specific topic news/racing/events etc.
I do it because I quite enjoy writing, and the rambling about my (generally insignificant) problems makes me feel a bit better!

Here’s mine…
http://schrodingerandhiscat.blogspot.com/

yeah i write a coaching blog UKBIKESKILLS BLOG

Me.

http://harrythespiderblog.wordpress.com/

Mostly about riding bikes or not being able to ride bikes.

http://Www.tda2012.com now very interesting at the moment as there is not much to write. But once I leave work I’ll start up dating it properly, and then of course whilst in Africa I’ll be updating it at every oppertunity

Not much of a blog but I started this to make it easier for all my family to see the photos from my summer in Whistler 🙂 http://beastinbc.tumblr.com/

http://a-pic-a-ride.blogspot.com/

I went to start a blog the other day on the same blog spot as you but then got impatient with not understanding how to set it up!

I do. All bike related at the moment, though I have some other ideas too. I use to post up wee trip reports here on STW and got some nice feedback on them. I’d often point to them in replies to other threads so, for me, this is a way of archiving them in a standard format.

Warning – I can be a bit wordy 🙂

http://www.blog.scotroutes.com/

Me! Generally bike related. Started May 2008!

http://www.dislocatedmtb.com/

MINE

mainly about racing and big rides. some gurning.

I used to promote and sell windsurfing events & gear, as part of that I used to blog about events/trips/equipment/”how to” and general merryment. As I started to back off windsurfing I kinda stopped and was suprised to read that quite a few that used to read my stuff were missing my posts..
I was quite humbled by that.

This is like stalking heaven.

I started one this week, after much procrastinating! Not many posts yet, but I’ll try to stick at it:

leapgate.blogspot.com

Would welcome any feedback.

http://www.unsponsored.co.uk

Started more than 10yrs ago as a way to learn html and has recently moved to wordpress.

http://paulosoxo.wordpress.com/

Mines mainly a bit me, me, me.

Thanks for your kind words Beckykirk!

The Southern Yeti – Member
This is like stalking heaven.

I do worry that people could probably find out a bit too much about me…especially when blog/twitter/facebook etc. are all linked up!
Like to think I’ve been careful with the important things though…

I do here but it’s for my company which keeps sheep and makes knitwear. Not a bike wheel in sight (except when I cycle round my farming rounds).

Which reminds me, I haven’t posted since lambing and they’re all grown up now. Better get on with it!

@bekcy_kirk43 – Wave 🙂

unsponsored – you should post those vids on this forum, makes me want to paddle again.

Here’s my effort, it’s about the Pashley Guvnor and it’s attendant bits and pieces.

Only been going about a month but good fun

As bloggers,is there for you an expectation that others are actually reading it when you go to the trouble of writing it or is it just a cathartic experience? If not, why do you do it and not just write a diary?

I’ve not blogged because imo I’ve not got anything specific or unique to say. If you have a particular skill or who you are and what you do are very much linked to your income stream (like Jedi) I can see the point. Similarly if you would be considered an expert whose comment on political/world events would be considered insightful. But a lot of blogs I’ve opened (I’ve not opened any of the above I hasten to add!) have been a dreary drudge of low level insignificant ramblings or the rantings of the clearly unhinged. Nothing wrong with wring drvel but I find it a bit egotistical to feel the urge to publish. I was directed by one sad soul to his blog once that went on for many tens of thousands of words and the page counter at the bottom indicated 46 views – I wonder how many of them were himself! I would have thought if you are a normal person writing about normal stuff it would be best kept yourself or posted on a facebook page where at least people might read it because they are your “friend”.

For me it’s the first steps towards world domination,I thought it might open the doors to Downing Street and then I start The Revolution.

Obviously my own personal life is far too uninteresting and I wouldn’t subject it on anyone.

As bloggers,is there for you an expectation that others are actually reading it when you go to the trouble of writing it or is it just a cathartic experience? If not, why do you do it and not just write a diary?

I know there must be a couple of people reading my blog (or at least looking at it!) cos blogspot gives you the pageview stats…
It’s nice that people have a look at it, but that’s not why I do it – I write it because I quite like writing, but usually the only things I have to write about are things that have happened to me. Probably quite boring and insignificant to most people. I started publishing with the view that it was easy to do, and that no one would ever read it so its no different to keeping a diary but typed. I did it entirely anonymously to begin with, but as I started to share it with more people, more and more aspects of me started creeping in (hence there’s now photos etc.)
I quite often feel better having to have organised my thoughts well enough to write them down in a vaguely logical manner, and you never know – someone else might be experiencing something similar and it might help them!

convert that’s part of the reason I don’t write much on mine – I doubt anyone reads it or cares what I’d have to say 😆 that and I’m crap at writing. I probably wouldn’t even bother with the one I have but it makes it easier than emailing out photos to family all the time, especially as my Grandparents are good at losing attachments 😀

paulosoxo I read yours in the other thread, sounds terrible but at least it makes for compelling reading.

Sometimes it’s just nice to peep over the rim of the valley…

Some people’s normality is completely alien and interesting – there’s an English language teacher in Japan who posts random stuff and photos of Japan (google spike Japan) which is totally fascinating but I don’t think he’s an ‘expert’.

I liked looking at the blogs people posted for the nice pics and to make me remember to do (or try) some of the stuff that other people do. Reading stuff on the internet is something I do when it’s quiet in the shop to stop me from being too keen and frightening away anyone intrepid enough to cross the threshold. And to stop me musing too much on how annoying it is to be inside when it’s so great outside…

I have a number of blogs, but my main one is http://www.transitionconsciousness.org. I am freelancing right now, and so it is both a showcase for a lot of my work and thinking, as well as being an educational resource for people interested in sustainability, chaos, complexity and transformational thinking.

I also have simonralli.wordpress.com which is an occasional blog to advertise my book, and http://www.shamanicdrumming.co.uk to advertise my CD and discuss shamanic related things.

I enjoy it and it’s always good to get nice feedback from people. On Transition Consciousness I now have guest bloggers and I am trying to add more Portuguese language blogs too.

A bit of a blogger here too Cyclingsi I am one of your readers Becky, some good ones here I will have some reading to do.

Simon

Oooh, I’m gonna be busy having a look at all these. I blog about climbing, biking and generally getting out there and enjoying myself. It’s called Chalk n’ Trees.

http://chalkntrees.blogspot.com/

As bloggers,is there for you an expectation that others are actually reading it when you go to the trouble of writing it or is it just a cathartic experience? If not, why do you do it and not just write a diary?

Well I get around 30 – 50 page views a day which is Ok I suppose. A friend gets around 5000 a week with his Harley Davidson related blog.

I guess with wordpress blogging and other blogs being quite sophisticated nowadays is a bit more than daily random streams of consciousness 😀

I leave a chocolate blog in the toilet each morning.

http://www.samuri.co.uk

It used to be good when I ranted incoherently about drivers, the world and other people but it’s just boring now. It’s boring me too.

I’ll do something different next year I think.

For me it’s mostly just an online riding diary. I like to keep track pf stuff like that and it’s accessible from anywhere if I put it online.

i used to, here it got me through some dark dark times and served to up date people on what was happening in my life without them feeling like they were prying or having to phone or ask questions.
i’ve stopped now, for the time being as that chapter of my life is now, fingers crossed, over. what the next chapter brings who knows but blogging was incredibly cathartic.

http://www.davemonty.blogspot.com
would be my blog. Really not that much stuff on it yet but some race reviews and general business.
Racing British and Irish NPSs next year along with loads of other races so intend to update it a lot more.
Nothing really too interesting to write about at the minute unfortunately.
Take a look at it anyway, thats what it’s for! haha

Occasionally. Because sometimes it’s just nice to write when you don’t have to.

Not sure it counts as a blog or not, but I have a mountain bike related site which has been up and running for a few months now. Have had quite a lot of people register and a few people comment on it, and a lot of people downloading routes. Gets 50+ hits a day, most I’ve had is about 150 in a day.

http://www.rideswinley.com

I need to start adding in more regular content.

I could never see the point. I have nothing to write that anyone could possibly be interested in, a fact reflected in that I’ve never managed to keep a diary, and my Facebook page usually only gets photo updates for my friends to see, and my Twitter account only gets used to follow other people’s comments, which resulted in me changing my user name from the one I use on here, to phasmainmachina, although that was also prompted by my embarrassment at using a name created by William Gibson when I wanted to reply to something he’d written. I was somewhat amazed by several people bothering to follow me under my old username when I’d never actually said anything. Very sad people. I do follow three blogs; kategriffin.net, boingboing.net, and everyday-carry.com.

I found this a very ammusing blog, not mine though. Enjoy:

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/

I’m in the don’t get it camp (unless you offer something unusual, interesting or insightful). I fall asleep when people I know tell me about the holidays they took, I’d fooking die if I had to read about one of you nerds going for a ride in the bloody woods.

Bore off

I’m trying to remember to blog technical details, tip and tricks I learn as a way of documenting them and building a site to point potential employers towards but always forget as I’m at work or similar when I work something out!

unless you offer something unusual, interesting or insightful

Ain’t that the point though? different strokes for different folk? Obviously, you wouldn’t read something that you don’t find interesting. There’s many folk who wouldn’t waste time on a mountain biking web forum.

The proof is in the pudding though. If you’re getting lots of hits/feedback on your blog, then it means someone is interested and therefore worthwhile and rewarding, no?

That’s why I persevere (that and the £5 a month I pay for web hosting)

haha I’d forgotten about Hyperbole and a Half, that one is awesome.