We had friends in from out of town this weekend. They are a nice couple in their late 30's. The man is a real estate developer and the woman works for a non-profit. THey had heard about blogs but had never read any. I found myself explaining things I take for granted at this point:
- what is a blog,
- why people blog,
- why I blog
- how to find blogs you like
A few things surprised me:
- I found myself saying that I get about 75% of my news from blogs. That after reading google news and CNN, I turn to my favorite 20 blogs for interesting reading each day. It's part of my ritual. They (and I) were surprised by this statement.
- My answer to how to find a blog was -- Finding a blog you like is like finding a book you like....except it keeps living. I told them to check out technorati (which they hadn't heard of)
- Talking to novices is fun
