... but was there really a problem?
From the outset it was clear to me that a Boidem column wasn't the sort of writing for which a blog might be useful (though an examination of the similarities and differences between a Boidem column and a blog is a fascinating topic which definitely deserves a column to itself). Writing my notes to a blog might make sense as a sort of virtual slip of paper in my pocket, but I rewrite and edit my notes, numerous times, and a blog doesn't seem to be the right technology for that. Which doesn't mean that I can't rewrite and edit my blog entries - I can - but saving my notes as a Word document on disk and then reworking them when I have the time seems to be a much easier, and logical, way of accomplishing what I want to get done.
On the other hand, part of being on the road is keeping a journal, and for that purpose a blog is definitely a very useful tool. True, there's a certain amount of overkill involved here - there are easier ways to save my thoughts. But considering that I'm interested in blogs and until this summer hadn't yet had taken the time to try one out myself, this seemed to be a good opportunity. After opening my blog (a couple of weeks before leaving for North America) I discovered that the vast majority of the entries that I posted dealt with checking how it worked and whether I would learn how to use it. In the end I found that I used it almost solely for storage - something I could have done on my virtual drive or by sending e-mail to myself, or, of course, by saving to a floppy disk.
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