Thing 4

Commenting on blogs and social networking sites can be very powerful or lame...really!
Pithy little words...lighthearted quips...are they really constructive? Sometimes this is fine! Deep discussions are not necessarily appropriate, length wise, in a blogging setting. Learning to write consisly and effeciently, also kindly, are a necessary tools in blogging. It is exciting to see that someone has commented on a post, especially if they like what is being expressed:)
For many, blogging gives voice to thoughts and ideas in a relatively safe environment. Students often don't want to "speak aloud" for fear of ridicule, so blogging allows them a vehicle inwhich to say what is on their minds, to express creativity, dream, vent, and emote.
I told my recently college graduated, 22 year old daughter about this project on blogging. She replied that she follows tons of friends, but had not established her own blog because she doesn't feel like she is a "good writer"...she is however, exactly what Mr. Pink in describing in his book, A Whole New Mind...a conceptual designer. Her degree is in Interior Design, yet her professors all agree that she needs to head in the Industial Conceptual Design field. I posted excerpts from the book for her on FaceBook...she posted last night that she is launching a blog:)...more to come...