ELLE about weblogging

Since I don't think Anjo will take a subscription to ELLE, now they write about blogging, I will summarise what was in their story about weblogging.

Let's start with the conclusion at the end: people want to express themselves and weblogs give them a chance to do so. Even though it is 9 out of 10 times about nothing, weblogging is better than hanging in front of the TV.

Mind you, ELLE on the pedagogic tour. I always thought the readers of ELLE are female, backgrounds in higher education, age 25-40 (something like that)? Not particularly the type that the whole evening hangs in front of the telly.

Anyway, the rest of the paper tells about some fanatic female bloggers, who mostly have writing ambitions and their weblogs are a sort of platform for testing their skills and (hopefully) to be recognised by a commercial publisher.

The women in this story have a lifelog (so ELLE calls them); men seem to like the more nagging type of weblog. Funny observation.

Comments

[Anjo]

Thanks! The "why and how" of blogging is fascinating. I checked whether my supermarket carried ELLE so I could read the article while waiting for the queue to evaporate. My supermarket apparently does not cater for 25-40 year old females with higher education. No wait, I'm wrong. ELLE sold out. Wondering why.

[Jack Vinson]

My wife keeps a blog for exactly these reasons. She wrote professionally for many years but has changed careers. The blog is a fun outlet.