Daily Archives: July 20, 2006

Quote of the day

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“I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone”.

Bjarne Stronstrup, actress.

Not to be confused (as I had originally done) with Bjarne Stroustrup, the designer and original implementor of the programming language, C++. I mean, an ‘n’ is just a ‘u’ standing on its head (he said, feebly). Haven’t looked at my email yet, but I bet someone picked up my elementary schoolboy mistake. Wonder what the emoticon for ’embarrassed’ is? Hmmm…. There seems to be some debate on the matter. This source claims that any of these will do:

  • :”->
  • :”-)
  • :$ or
  • :-$

    • What Bloggers write about

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    Interesting research report from the Pew ‘Internet and American Life’ project. Summary:

    A new, national phone survey of bloggers finds that most are focused on describing their personal experiences to a relatively small audience of readers and that only a small proportion focus their coverage on politics, media, government, or technology.

    Related surveys by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that the blog population has grown to about 12 million American adults, or about 8% of adult internet users and that the number of blog readers has jumped to 57 million American adults, or 39% of the online population.

    These are some of the key findings in a new report issued by the Pew Internet Project titled “Bloggers”:

  • 54% of bloggers say that they have never published their writing or media creations anywhere else; 44% say they have published elsewhere.
  • 54% of bloggers are under the age of 30.
  • Women and men have statistical parity in the blogosphere, with women representing 46% of bloggers and men 54%.
  • 76% of bloggers say a reason they blog is to document their personal experiences and share them with others.
  • 64% of bloggers say a reason they blog is to share practical knowledge or skills with others.
  • When asked to choose one main subject, 37% of bloggers say that the primary topic of their blog is “my life and experiences.”
  • Other topics ran distantly behind: 11% of bloggers focus on politics and government; 7% focus on entertainment; 6% focus on sports; 5% focus on general news and current events; 5% focus on business; 4% on technology; 2% on religion, spirituality or faith; and additional smaller groups who focus on a specific hobby, a health problem or illness, or other topics.