Yes, I know. I used to be a blogger.

Posted on by Andy Piper

Once upon a time, my business cards declared me to be a: “blogger | photographer | techie”.

I reached the conclusion that calling myself a “blogger” was passe… everyone was becoming a blogger with the increasing democratisation of content. So what?

I’m more than just a blogger. With the help of @monkchips I morphed into being a Social Bridgebuilder. Always a fascinating talking point at parties… 🙂

And yet… I’m also, apparently, now barely even a blogger. I began this gig as a way to expose thoughts I’d been sharing on IBM’s internal social sites like BlogCentral; migrated to a mindset of “public by default, private/intranet where necessary”; but as microblogging and other forms of social sharing have accelerated, and being honest as my role at work and priorities have changed… I’ve blogged far too infrequently.

Here are a bunch of topics I need to pick off, soon:

  • what WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security can do for you
  • the new Connectivity and Messaging podcasts
  • IBM IMPACT and our new Unconference
  • Boris Bikes!
  • the London Java Community and lightning talks
  • WebOS and the HP revival
  • History and its importance as an academic subject, and how history can get lost on the realtime web
  • Funky awesome things what I learned at the University of Queensland whilst attending LCA… and haven’t yet blogged about… because I’m full of #fail.

So there we go – some public declarations of intent. I’m sure I can rely on @QuirkyBean and my many other online friends to keep me honest!!

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3 thoughts on “Yes, I know. I used to be a blogger.”

  1. I wonder if spreading yourself thinly across the Internet’s many services breeds this type of behavior? That is to say, to you it feels like you’ve said everything you need to but you’ve done it in small doses and different places; to those who follow you, you may not appear to have said much at all unless they’re sharing all the same services as yourself.

    1. It’s a good thought, and makes sense. I regret losing my blogging mojo though – I enjoy writing and I do believe that sometimes there’s more to be said than 140 characters or a random “like”.

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