I'm in

Up until now I considered myself a blogging voyeur – I would read other people’s blogs, but stayed away from using this form of communication to share my own mental sparks. The email and mobile were fulfilling my communication needs just fine, at least so I thought. The truth is that I was being a dinosaur. Anyone who doesn’t have a blog is not keeping up with the cultural zeitgeist.   Same as not having an email address in 1997, a cell phone in 2000, a digital camera in 2002...

The part that fascinates me is how acceptable is to share your personal details in a blog with – everyone. This level of intimacy used to be reserved only for close family and friends. But now, from baby pictures, family dramas to health stories, daily details are offered to the world, often  with audio and video included. Is it all just going to Andy Warhol's 15 minutes of fame? Or is recording our existence online validating our individualism?