Satisfaction Gained from Blogging
The question most frequently asked about blogging is why. What is in a blog that makes it something unique that people find attractive enough to want to write about their daily lives to the whole world? While there are many reasons bloggers do what they do, I’m looking specifically at what satisfaction is gained from it.
The blog I have observed over the past few weeks is very much like a regular journal posted by Jim. He talks about anything and everything he deems important enough in his life. Generally speaking, he posts about real events and thoughts on real things that happen directly in his life. His posts go back quite a ways too, about a year, and he posts daily. To me, this sounds almost addicting. It was at this point that I began to wonder what made blogging so addicting and questioned the enjoyment and pleasure factors that are involved. I finally emailed Jim and asked him why he blogs and who he blogs for. His answer was the expected answer;
"Really, I just do it for myself. My thoughts have no...order, really...they're all very disjointed and random. I don't know why anyone reads mine, it's really not that good and not as interesting as some of the others out there. Though I am flattered when people tell me they do enjoy it. I also think they're crazy, but that's not the point...My friends do theirs as a journal of sorts...but I try not to write anything too incredibly personal."
I think many people like Jim want their readers to think that they just do it for themselves and not for any real reasons. However if this were true, no blogger would write their journals online in the first place. The idea of having potentially thousands of people reading their blogs and commenting on them is enough to make bloggers post. If Jim and all those out there that really just do it for themselves they would keep it private. He states that he doesn’t do his as a journal like his friends, but upon reading a few entries, you’ll find that is exactly like a journal, and some of his posts are extremely personal. “Though I am flattered when people tell me they do enjoy it.” That kind of reinforcement from the internet public is precisely the idea I am trying to get across to the bloggers who may be in denial about doing it just for themselves.
From my perspective, a wise thing to do would be to first do a thorough analysis of the website. Go through and see what the weak points are and try to analyze a solution. Aim Higher College has deployed an open source blog package. This package uses a database backend and allows users to create user IDs, sites, and their own content to post it. Recently, the service has had off-campus users who have posted links that appear to be directed towards university resources, but they are getting redirected toward off-campus malware sites. It seems that the website the college has deployed has become target of a DoS attack or other malware attacks.
“A revolution is not a bed of roses ... a revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.” – Fidel Castro, 1961. This statement was certainly true for Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries during the Cuban Revolution, an armed revolt that took place between July 26th 1953 and January 1st 1959, which ended successfully. During this revolt, many of Fidel Castro’s fellow revolutionaries were killed in this process of violent revolution (My Life, p133, 2006). However, Castro and his accompanying revolutionaries, of which he was the leader, also caused their fair share of deaths using brutality in the name of revolution and political justice. Using various combat tactics, the most prominent being guerrilla warfare, the Cuban Revolution was certainly won through the use of violence and brutality.
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Before the revolution Fidel Castro had studied law at the University of Havana. After realizing he was “politically illiterate” he joined a radical student group. He was then introduced to student protests, and violent culture within the university he attended. It was clear from the beginning he was anti-American. He was very passionate about anti-imperialism as well. He tried to become president of the Federation of University Students (FEU) but it was unsuccessful. He was also opposed to the corruption that was going on in the government at the time. In 1947 Castro joined the Socialist party of Cuban People, which was lead by Eduardo Chibas. Castro and Chibas had similar views about the corruption and the reforms that needed to take place. Soon after Chibas lost the election in 47, Castro received a death threat coming from gang leader trying to make him leave the university. Castro refused to give into this threat and started carrying around a gun with him. These steps that Fidel Castro took were in the direction of a rebellious Leader. That is exactly what he would become in year to come, his influence and the relationship with The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics would bring major change to Latin America.
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Most people find that there is no one that knows you better than you know yourself. We know our hopes, wishes and dreams better than anyone else, even our own parents, and we know what we are willing to do to get them. I chose to write about myself for this very reason. I believe that I know myself well enough to be able to analyze myself and understand why I am the way that I am.
Fidel Castro was a communist leader of Cuba. He initiated military relations with the Soviet Union and this resulted in distant relations with the United States. He was the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 until 1976. From 1976 to 2008, he was the president of Cuba. Castro believed in more of a dictatorship and ruled as such He ended up killing thousands of people who were trying to escape his ruling. He is one of the most well-known communist leaders.
Fidel Castro, one of Cuba’s most influential leaders of liberation, finished his education in Havana and became a professional lawyer. “He was born in Oriente Province on August 13, 1926, 50 miles from Santiago de Cuba. His father, Angel Castro, had immigrated to Cuba from Galicia, in northwestern Spain, and had prospered in sugar and lumber,” (Huberman, 25). A young lawyer and former student activist, Fidel Castro entered the political system; however, his plan was disrupted when Fulgencio Batista set to continue he reign of power. “A Cuban presidential election was scheduled for June 1, 1952 and Batista walked into Camp Columbia, the largest military fortress in Cuba, and took over the armed forces. If he couldn’t win at the election polls, he could do what he had done in 1934 - take over the government by force,” (Huberman, 25). Fidel Castro petitioned for the imprisonment of Batista, but was rejected by the courts of Cuba. So, Fidel decided that there was only one way in which Batista could be overthrown…revolution. Having decided that a revolution was necessary, Fidel with a purpose now devoted himself to the task of preparing for
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Most people question the purpose of writing a journal. People who write a journal keep it to fulfill a basic human need – “self expression and reflection” (Sagan 1). Writing is known as one of the easiest ways to express your personality and who you truly are. You can write in a journal without having anyone judging you – unless you chose to have someone else read it of course. You may reflect on your writing while you are writing your journal/diary entries. Then, once you have expressed your thoughts, you can even go back to your past entries to reflect on what you have said before. Reflecting on your writing can help you develop as a person. It helps you think through a situation and possibly solve it. Reflections help generate ideas for how to improve as an individual. But really, it’s entertaining to re-read past memories and see how much...
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