Tuesday, May 12
Death of the Blogosphere (again), or change of emphasis?
Until this point my blog has always been used as record of walks, wildcamping trip reports & outdoor reflections.
But nowadays the blog as a communication tool has been largely forgotten, replaced by social media at its worse (please DON'T post a video of it!), or Substack at its best (Salutations Chris Townsend & Ron Turnball - keeping the written word alive and interesting).
Any interaction between myself and the reader has effectively disappeared.
Which is a loss as I've learnt much from commentors over the years, and formed some longstanding bonds with people I probably will never meet in person.
Social media has offered some of this, but it can be a minefield of petulance at times, occasionally inadvertent, but often malicious.
Indeed I've used it with varying levels of interest, ever since this blog first appeared back in July 2006. But its use as a meaningful communication media has debased into what it has now become.
(And don't get me onto Twitter/X.
I didn't see the point when I was first shown it back in 2007 ish, and its become an even more abused vehicle detrimental to everyday good communication.
Whatever bright spark in a company's Customer Services thought that posting a 'immediate service update' on X could, or should, ever replace proper communication.
Bah! A stinkingly bad practice)
[But back to the point Johnny boy.....]
Over the last few years I've kept the website fed with cash to keep it alive, even when disinterested, using it as an electronic diary of field trips, nowadays for my own purposes.
And often its useful as a quick reference tool to lookup past location/trip ideas that I'd noted in the past.
Especially the photos.
Like most of us these days its ... see something - snap it with the phone - (possibly) send it to a friend ....... and then it flies off into the cloud.
A virtual photo album.
Never to be picked up and lovingly leafed through with a reminiscence nodding at past memories.
My wildcamping trip reports will still continue, as will the occasional worthy-of-note walk.
But despite the "Walk about in the UK" nomenclature I'm now going to expand the remit to Interrail and walking outside the UK.
OK the walking is more of a point to point transit trip, but as my personal record of activity, it meets my needs.
And I'm paying for it all, so what I say goes bud!
🤣
Until this point my blog has always been used as record of walks, wildcamping trip reports & outdoor reflections.
But nowadays the blog as a communication tool has been largely forgotten, replaced by social media at its worse (please DON'T post a video of it!), or Substack at its best (Salutations Chris Townsend & Ron Turnball - keeping the written word alive and interesting).
Any interaction between myself and the reader has effectively disappeared.
Which is a loss as I've learnt much from commentors over the years, and formed some longstanding bonds with people I probably will never meet in person.
Social media has offered some of this, but it can be a minefield of petulance at times, occasionally inadvertent, but often malicious.
Indeed I've used it with varying levels of interest, ever since this blog first appeared back in July 2006. But its use as a meaningful communication media has debased into what it has now become.
(And don't get me onto Twitter/X.
I didn't see the point when I was first shown it back in 2007 ish, and its become an even more abused vehicle detrimental to everyday good communication.
Whatever bright spark in a company's Customer Services thought that posting a 'immediate service update' on X could, or should, ever replace proper communication.
Bah! A stinkingly bad practice)
[But back to the point Johnny boy.....]
Over the last few years I've kept the website fed with cash to keep it alive, even when disinterested, using it as an electronic diary of field trips, nowadays for my own purposes.
And often its useful as a quick reference tool to lookup past location/trip ideas that I'd noted in the past.
Especially the photos.
Like most of us these days its ... see something - snap it with the phone - (possibly) send it to a friend ....... and then it flies off into the cloud.
A virtual photo album.
Never to be picked up and lovingly leafed through with a reminiscence nodding at past memories.
My wildcamping trip reports will still continue, as will the occasional worthy-of-note walk.
But despite the "Walk about in the UK" nomenclature I'm now going to expand the remit to Interrail and walking outside the UK.
OK the walking is more of a point to point transit trip, but as my personal record of activity, it meets my needs.
And I'm paying for it all, so what I say goes bud!
🤣
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