"Why I Blog"

I cannot hope to reach the millions that read Andrew Sullivan's blog on The Atlantic, nor can I hope to write as frequently or as eloquently. Simply put, the man is the best in the business. "Why I Blog" examines blogging as a new type of broadcasting:

"(T)he key to understanding a blog is to realize that it’s a broadcast, not a publication. If it stops moving, it dies. If it stops paddling, it sinks."

And of the skills required for this new media:

"People have a voice for radio and a face for television. For blogging, they have a sensibility."

But above all, there is this new sense of community, of belonging that only blogging provides:

"(Blogging) renders a writer and a reader not just connected but linked in a visceral, personal way. The only term that really describes this is friendship. And it is a relatively new thing to write for thousands and thousands of friends."

It's also nice to write for a couple dozen or so who drop by every day.