One of the nicest things about this blog (and admittedly one of its aims) is how friends and family from around the world follow what I’m up to, particularly when I’m traveling. When I got back from the US this week, almost everyone I spoke to knew what I’d been up to and where I had been. They had enjoyed the photos, and wondered if the PhD student had turned up. Great!
This blog is basically just a more interactive, easily updateable version of the old homepage style website I used to have. Nowadays I can upload photos, text and video from virtually any internet-capable device I happen to have on me, wherever I am. I don’t need to email a ton of people, or worry about missing people out, because I can just say, “I’m going away, keep an eye on my blog”. Interestingly, while I’ve been away two friends have started up their own blogs:
nowork
Gumby
If you know these two, then you’ll probably want to add these links to your bookmarks. This blogging thing is just getting wider and wider, and with the advent of Apple’s iLife 6 and it’s iWeb feature, it’s just going to get bigger. iWeb is absolutely revolutionary, and I suggest you go watch Steve Jobs’ recent MacWorld speech to see what I’m talking about. I’m going to have to get my Mum a Mac…
Nick has used iWeb in his above blog, and I think I’ll be using it soon to update and revamp Jack’s website, to make it easier (and more appealing) for me to update semi-occasionally.
