The Blogosphere - Don't Be a Keyboard Jockey!

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"71 million blogs... some of them have to be good." - Matt (as seen on www.technorati.com)

I thought it would be remiss of me to ignore an article I read in the May 2007 Discover Magazine entitled "Map:Welcome to the Blogosphere" written by Stephen Ornes. The article basically looked at how the explosion of blogging (More than 70 MILLION exist online, with about 2 new ones popping up every second!) has created a vast social network.

A social media expert (Matthew Hurst) collected link data and plotted how different nodes (blogs and websites) were connected. There were some major hubs and then pockets of isolation (pornography blogs, sports blogs, and the LiveJournal community). It seems that blogs are technology imitating the real world.

It made me think about how many people just sit back on the sidelines and watch the world go by, while others "get in the mix"! Get out there and get involved! As is the case with online dating, blogging may in fact be another way of meeting new people - but one must always remember the real world is steps away from the internet, and it is up to you to work on bridging that gap.

Alexander Stone & Stephen David
Copyright 2007 - Approach Dynamics/Online Dating Edge