Okay, here it is. After several fits and starts, here it is. My blog. I have never really thought about seriously blogging before, even though I have had a blog for a while. I have never thought of myself as a blogger either. On some level, it seemed to be the opposite of everything that I learned in journalism school–unsubstantiated opinions about questionable facts.
My rules for writing were to never write anything about anything that could not be verified and sourced. To that end, I never really got around to writing anything because I did not have the time to research and then write anything. I am too anal to blog. I am working on letting some of that training go and just write about what I know and like and find faster ways to verify and source my information.
Why the change of heart? Well, I owe it at to a brief conversation with Anil Dash at WordCamp Mid-Atlantic. Aside from the fact that he gave an awesome keynote, he was gracious enough to talk to be for a few minutes about blogging. I appreciated the fact that he also spent time working at newspapers so, he felt my pain about journalistic integrity. Basically, he said that I just had to start writing about the things that interest me. Thanks, Anil!
So, in the words of Jay-Z, Allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is Glennette.
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Thanks for posting, I very much enjoyed reading your latest post. I think you should post more often, you clearly have talent for blogging!
Thank you. I enjoyed writing this post.
Glennette, I'm so glad you decided to share your voice with the world this way. It was a pleasure to meet you, and I appreciate you taking the time to talk to me the other morning.