In the words of one of my favourite bands, Who Are You? Who…who…who…who…
I joined Blogging 101 to get my creative juices flowing — to increase the posting frequency, and also to write more content. My blog is photography based, and I try to do a weekly post, in response to a photo a week theme that WordPress has. But sometimes life and laziness get in the way and I miss posting — most of June was like that, so the aim is to turn that around.
But back to this exercise — who would I hope my audience might consist of?
That’s a tough one because I have so many interests, and I created this Blogging 101 blog with the idea that there wouldn’t be any one theme, more that it would be me posting about whatever came into my head. My brain never seems to stop and so there’s always plenty to post. But if I were to think of who might come in for a look, they might come because of posts about photography; perhaps technology (I’m an old techie from way back, way, way back in the DOS days…); travel (because I have had the bug since my first overseas trip some 40 years ago); music (I’ve got a great offering for you musos at the end of the post); and life in general.
In other words, pretty much anyone. I love the comradery one gets from being in a community of like minded people — not so much that we may happen to like the same stuff, but that we like blogging and what that affords us. Friendship, new ideas, new views on places we love or perhaps have never heard of. You get the idea, right?
Well, that either makes sense or you’re confused. Either way, thanks for stopping in for a chat. 🙂
As promised, here’s a treat for you – it’s a youtube: Who Are You? The Who.
Great response, I would hate to put a limit to my reach and my blog community.
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Totally agree. By placing limits, one could miss out on some really interesting reading. 🙂
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Hey Kim! Thought I’d pop by to see if you’ve been doing your homework and find that you’re ahead of me. I have a bit of an excuse because I’ve been doing way too much – day job, Blogging 101, Writing 101 and just wrote a quick 1,000-word blog for a….wait for it…paying client!
I really enjoy the easy writing style you use and the photos are spectacular! I, too, really enjoy the community spirit blogging affords me. I get a kick out of how people actually find me from across the world! Blogging sometimes seems like a private affair, but then someone comments from, say 10,000 miles away, and I say, “Holy crap! People are actually reading what I write!”
Thanks for the inspiration! I’ll check in again soon.
Debbie
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Hi Debbie. I’m probably not ahead of you – this post was from the first attempt at Blogging 101. 🙂
You sure are busy. Putting me to shame – I’m single, so no one but myself to look after; just doing Blogging 101; have a job where I work from home. Just enough for me, but you do so much. Impressive. Great about the paid writing job as well. 😀
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I have that “million thoughts at one time” syndrome also. It gets me in trouble sometimes.
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Yes, I feel your frustration…but hey, at least we know our brains are still working. 🙂
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Hello, I’m glad to find this treasure trove of pictures 🙂 and I feel inspired to participate in this photo of the week challenge too. Seeing beautiful waterscapes and the lively city just makes me feel like traveling again. Find it hard to stay in a place for long time. Where did you go 40 years ago? Have a nice day
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40 years ago I ventured out of Australia to see a friend in the UK….and went on to a couple of European stops as well. The bug never left me after that. 🙂
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Great post- it totally makes sense. No confusion here! I look forward to seeing more of your photography and music links. Thanks for following my blog:-). As a result I found you!
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Hi. I need to be more regular with my posts though. Hence doing the Blogging 101. Problem now is that my internet access at home os not so reliable, so I’m hindered in that regard.
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I’m in the same boat with unreliable Internet. Ugh.
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So annoying isn’t it. I guess though, it is a first world problem. Others make do with so much less than I. It’s always important to remember that. 🙂
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Agreed! Though It is nice to be able to connect when feeling inspired, so when I can’t, I just chalk it it up to right timing. Gotta trust it!
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Yes, that is one way of looking at it — connecting when inspired. My internet connection finally seems to be alive again, so here I am trying to catch up on Blogging 101. Hope all is well in your part of the world. 🙂
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Hi Kim, I like your writings and I really like your photography, especially the rainforest tree and the bird – osprey? And, I like the layout of your blog – I have been procrastinating about blogging publicly for a couple of years. Even though I worked as a journalist, it is different putting out my own opinions and thoughts on random subjects. Anyway, I like what I see in your work.
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Hi. Thanks for visiting while I was sleeping. 🙂
I have a few birds here, but if you mean the one taking off. seemingly running across the water — then that is a swan. Beautiful to watch and I just happened to be there at the right time. You can be lucky sometimes.
Yes, I treat the blog as therapy for me. I love writing and I love photography.
Keep posting — I’ll be watching. 🙂
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Thanks for stopping by! Photo of the week….sounds like something I might like to check out!
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Yeah, photo of the week is fun. Plus you get to see thousands of other people’s interpretations.
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That is just it; no matter what are other interests, we already have something in common as bloggers. 🙂
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Yes, exactly. Some people talk about how people use the internet too much, and I guess some people are addicted. But I LOVE that I can interact with people I would never have the chance to do so with in the world, and have great conversations etc. To me, this is an important facet of my life. Thanks for engaging me. 🙂
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Me too. Especially as I live (and work at home) in rural Japan and don’t often get to talk to adults on a daily basis!! 🙂
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My sentiments exactly!
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Just looked through your site. Wow amazing photography! You are so talented! Would you come check out my blog too? Let me know what you think of it? http://www.fashioncollectionneur.wordpress.com
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Thanks so much. It’s just my hobby, which I find relaxing. I just checked it out now — you’ve done a lot of posts, obviously you have a passion for fashion. 🙂
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Thank you! And yes I really do love fashion. Or maybe I just adore beautiful things in general! After all they are beautiful creations 🙂
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