Why blog? Why breathe?

Although I wonder if the question needs to be asked (we're all bloggers here!), it's great to see Jay and Owen

Jay talks about his enjoyment of his comments section, and he community that gets built up. Owen works in a quick dig - "focus on the rambles" - and then hits largely the same notes. The conversation is the thing here - it's great to have an intelligent community to talk with. Then they open it up to questions.

The first is about corrections - Owen says that just yesterday he made a correction (corrected by Jay).

Hey - what about those comments? Do I suspect a slight dig at someone? We discuss comments policy.

Also, how obsessed should we be with statistics? Owen only looks at his once a month! Jay notes that the six people who read his blog regularly are the six most important people in the state. We all seem to agree that the referrals page is important - it's great to find new blogs who are linking to you.

How much time do you spend blogging each day? "You can build model airplanes or you can blog - take your pick," says Owen. He notes that most bloggers are news junkies anyway, so to what degree does that factor in? I mention that boring lectures really tend to drive my blogging - although that isn't entirely true...

The panel opens to comments on how people started blogging. One amusing story is from someone who was leaving extremely long comments on someone else's blog. I wonder who that reminds me of?

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