Advice To My Step-Son as He Begins His Blogging Adventure

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27 octobre

Advice To My Step-Son as He Begins His Blogging Adventure

Dear Patrick,

Let me begin by saying that I am so proud of you for being so brave to start blogging at such an early age. From your first three posts, I like the conversational tone you have picked and the topics that you discuss. As a society, we should be paying close attention to what matters to you and your generation, as you are our future. I hope that you continue to provide us with insights about the music, books, products, and movies that intrigue you and your friends. Research and marketing types should especially pay close attention to you and your friends. You are doing their work for them by simply blogging your ideas and ideals.

Given that I have been around the block (err blog) a bit longer than you, (well for about a monthJ) here are some pointers I hope you take into consideration as you embark on your blogging journey:

1- Remember that what you write is out there in the public for EVERYONE to see. Guard your privacy against your desire for public attention.

2- Everything you write could someday be used against you. Write so that you give your friends pleasure, but not your enemies.

3- You have entered a whole new playground and there are so many great friends to meet, so many new things to learn. Enjoy your new experiences and cherish your new friends.

4- Just like every playground there are some bullies in this one too. Don’t let the turkeys get you down! If someone leaves an inappropriate or mean comment, don’t take it personally and don’t dwell too much on it. They are not worth it.

5- Before you publish something, ask yourself what your Dad, your Mom or your friends would think about it? Would they approve? What about a future college recruiter? Or someone who is interviewing you for a job? If you are not sure, ask someone. Remember rule #1.

6- Don’t write about someone without their knowledge; portray others as you would like to be portrayed yourself. Remember rule #2.

7- I hope that you continue to ask questions and keep alive your curiosity and take us along in your journey.

Best of luck and keep on blogging!

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	Maryam Scoble a écrit : Jozef, Thanks for the quote from Campbell. I love his writings. Your daughter's blog is great! I wish I was that good when I was her age :) 7 Nov.
	Jozef Imrich a écrit : 'Schopenhauer...points out that when you reach an advanced age and look back over your lifetime, it can seem to have had a consistent order and plan, as though composed by some novelist. Events that when they occurred had seemed accidental and of little moment turn out to have been indispensable factors in the composition of a consistent plot. So who composed that plot? Schopenhauer suggests that just as your dreams are composed by an aspect of yourself of which your consciousness is unaware, so, too, your whole life is composed by the will within you. And just as people whom you will have met apparently by mere chance became leading agents in the structuring of your life, so, too, will you have served unknowingly as an agent, giving meaning to the lives of others. The whole thing gears together like one big symphony, with everything unconsciously structuring everything else...one great dream of a single dreamer in which all the dream characters dream, too;...Everything arises in mutual relation to everything else, so you can’t blame anybody for anything. It is even as though there were a single intention behind it all, which always makes some kind of sense, though none of us knows what the sense might be, or has lived the life that he quite intended.' -Joseph Campbell As Schopenhauer misquotingly noted: 'A [blogger] should aim not to descibe great events but to make small ones interesting.' What a fascinating assortment of advice and I am passing it to my daughter Gabbie http://gabriellaimrichova.blogspot.com ;-) 5 Nov.
	Maryam Scoble a écrit : Mark, drumsnwhistles and Erwin, Thanks for your kind and sage comments! 31 Oct.
	MarkMarioHarris a écrit : Brilliantly said. This advice is true for anyone bloging. This is a definate keeper. 28 Oct.
	drumsnwhistles a écrit : Terrific advice. I'm saving this one -- my daughter wants to blog and this is a great set of guidelines for her. 28 Oct.
	Erwin Blonk a écrit : Sound advice. And remember he is the son of a public person, so that will attract some unfriendly comments, especially on the internet where you have people who think they can say anything to anyone because they hide behind a keyboard. So keep an eye on it and what he'll gain from it is the ability to deal with these things. 28 Oct.

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