tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23964814.post6168748145351437054..comments2024-03-07T16:08:49.323+00:00Comments on London, Lanka and drums: Blogging, Writing, Journalisiming and the like...Rhythmic Diasporahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184142486414379805noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23964814.post-12430459835905253162007-07-20T04:17:00.000+01:002007-07-20T04:17:00.000+01:00http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,,2...http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,,2130793,00.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23964814.post-89201078287386113862007-07-19T08:21:00.000+01:002007-07-19T08:21:00.000+01:00"Can hardly construct a sentence"....oops!I must b..."Can hardly construct a sentence"....oops!I must be one of em!Indyanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12652171216425101965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23964814.post-50024804471583809542007-07-19T07:34:00.000+01:002007-07-19T07:34:00.000+01:00Mr Jones - I think most writers would be better at...Mr Jones - I think most writers would be better at blogging than the average man in the street, simply because they are more used to the act of writing for an audience. However that does depend on what you or I looks for in a blog, which might be different to what we seek in a printed publication.<BR/><BR/>Voice in Colombo - Even though I don't agree with many of your political opinions I often read your blog, as you may be aware. I suspect most of your readers realise that English isn't your first language, but your thoughts and opinions are very obviously those of someone with intelligence.<BR/><BR/>Your English is infinitely better than my Sinhala too!Rhythmic Diasporahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15184142486414379805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23964814.post-4139185683525495652007-07-19T04:41:00.000+01:002007-07-19T04:41:00.000+01:00Overall a good post RD. Few thoughts to add…I thin...Overall a good post RD. Few thoughts to add…<BR/><BR/>I think I am one of those people in your categorization ,of people who “can hardly construct a sentence” in English. Many people have pointed that to me so many times and I have a standard answer.<BR/><BR/>I am not a professional writer. Never in Englsih! Because Englsih is only my second language, and I’m not that comfortable in using that language.<BR/><BR/>But I blog in Englsih. Why? Because, I strongly believe, expressing some one’s ideas should never be limited by his/her knowledge of the language.<BR/><BR/>The real delusion is the belief that, “only the people who can write properly should express their idea in main stream medea or blogging”. <BR/><BR/>This is an idea that injected into our brains, by few people who want to dominated the channels of mass media, and now the blogosphere. The easiest way to block the ideas of “non-English speaking community” on the blogosphere, is to humiliate their English language skills.<BR/><BR/>You might ask, then why don’t I blog in Sinhaa? Because I want to speak to a wider audience than those who can read only Sinhala. <BR/><BR/>In summer, “Proper writing” is a mythology created by those conservative high-born society, who thinks of themselves as the sole deciders of the fate of a country.<BR/><BR/>There’s a popular book about this, written originally in Italian and translated later into many languages. I can’t recall the name of that book. But it cleverly articulate how the Italian up class society prevented the poor, village children climbing the ladder of education in Italian system, by putting forward the “proper language useage” as a barrier. (Italian is a language with a high regional diversity)<BR/><BR/>Apart from that, I agree with rest of the ideology in your post. User generated information on internet going to be the main source of acquiring news and information in years to come. Mass media won’t be able to fight that. And, putting forward the barrier of “proper writing” is only just another effort by the main stream media people, for avoiding normal people like me and you entering the discussion.Voice in Colombohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14964480433037179536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23964814.post-31994190717590629752007-07-19T02:00:00.000+01:002007-07-19T02:00:00.000+01:00Hey RD – All ‘bloggers are definitely NOT good ‘wr...Hey RD – All ‘bloggers are definitely NOT good ‘writers’, but are all ‘writers’ good ‘bloggers’?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23964814.post-70093346845725969632007-07-18T21:05:00.000+01:002007-07-18T21:05:00.000+01:00This "being published" thing is what made me think...This "being published" thing is what made me think on this N, the whole concept and how it happened to so any bloggers. It kind of cheapens the whole being a writer thing for me. <BR/><BR/>It's like when I listen to many great and professional drummers playing crap music. Often they have to do it to keep the money coming in, they don't have the luxury of turning things down just because they don't like the music. All the parameters change when people are professional.Rhythmic Diasporahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15184142486414379805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23964814.post-71266964164349013712007-07-18T20:25:00.000+01:002007-07-18T20:25:00.000+01:00I think we're bloggers first and writers second if...I think we're bloggers first and writers second if at all. I was reading a photography book the other day and I think it was Sam Abell who said that one is not truly a photographer until one gets something published...which I think is true and why I describe myself as an 'aspiring photographer.'<BR/><BR/>I don't think you neccesarily have to write or photograph as a means of income to be called a writer or photographer but you have to be recognized for your efforts somewhere before you can call yourself one.<BR/><BR/>On that note RD that would make you a writer right? Since you have been published...albeit without your permission.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com