7 reasons why I DO blog

I just read Sessa's post and thought that I should compile my own response to his disdain for blogging. Here goes:1. I am a writer by nature and blogging is my outlet.2. Blogging has put me in touch with brilliant people and I am hoping there are still more.3. I love to engage in debate and get people riled up.4. I am earning enough money from blogging to warrant my blogs continuation.5. Blogging got me to where I am today so I am loyal to the practice.6. Reading blogs is one thing, I like to comment on blogs and people's opinions.7. Many of the most popular blogs in SA are hogswash and I think that is about to change.Stefano makes some great points and I think his seventh point is particularly interesting. However I maintain that blogging is not for everyone and is an extremely personal choice that one needs to make.For me it has become a lifestyle, sometimes it's more tough than others but on the whole I can't not blog.

Bullard Blogs And Makes Some Good Points...

Did I just say that? Yes. If you have been following "Bullardgate" then you will know that I am an avid Bullard follower and reader of Bullards and thus enjoy his rampant mouth and fairly slow reactions to himself.Yet this weeks column is good. It's really good in my opinion. It might be somewhat reactionary and why shouldn't it be? Bullard had lots to react to. I am impressed that he decided to follow a theme two weeks running (A near first in the history of his column I think).There was the same kind of regular Bullard banter that aims to spark some sort of rouse out of the blogosphere. Fool me once David, fool me once. I might be blogging about this but there is not a witch hunt or about bad breakfast this time.Vincent has also blogged about it and wont be falling for the same tricks twice (if they were tricks David??). I doubt any blogger will be. Alas we fell for this columnists attempt at a plan once already and I rue the day we did. Tsk Tsk Bullard lives amongst us now. He might even be one of the first to come out with his disdain for certain other bloggers by name.From Bullards latest column:

Apparently freedom of speech is not as deeply cherished in the blogosphere as it is in the print media.

I give it a few weeks, maybe a month before Bullard feels the wrath of freedom of speech in the blogosphere. I am not sure that a print columnist who receives criticism on a once a week column will be able to handle the non-stop onslaught that might exist here, online.He does have some good points, one of which is that some (he used the term "most") bloggers can't read, let alone write. I agree with this. I struggle to read some blogs, including Wild Frontier with it's strange approach to content. While other blogs are misread, misquoted and mislinked by bloggers. Come on people, get it right. However Bullard makes the mistake of using the term "most" and insinuating that bloggers suck, plain and simple.I must ask a few questions: What happens when the hype dies? Will the Bullog be able to keep up his readership? Does he and The Times team believe that one week of hype equals and eternity of fame and readers? What is there next step to ensure the Bullog lives? Where will it end, with blog destruction, blatantly offensive content or worse?I think that the first step for the Bullog is to see if he can match the skill of the bloggers in the blogoff... come on Davey boy show us what you got. If David accepts this will be a groundbreaking and interesting mash-up between bloggers and print columnists. It will be an extremely fun and entertaining event that will hopefully lay many grudges to rest in the name of writing, blogging and freedom of speech.