Why a blog?

I have a confession: I did not decide to start the blog on my own. This blog was forced upon me, but rather than complain (which I seriously thought about) I have decided to do something useful with it. See, I am a student at Centennial College and I’m studying corporate communications and public relations.  As part of the program I have to take a course on online public relations and social media, and one assignment from the class is to create a blog. Oh fudge.

“You’re a technological idiot,” said Kim, my sister.  Clearly she had high hopes for me, or maybe she was annoyed because she can sense any problem I have with this blog will become her problem with my blog. Lucky for me, Kim is studying digital media arts, which means she has to know lots about computers, whereas I have remained “lovably” moronic about computers. She is my ultimate crutch.

Getting back to my original point, I have decided to do something useful with this blog. Besides judging stuff (which I am prone to doing) I will use this blog to share my knowledge of online public relations and social media and I will do my best to share relevant information and tips. I will also do my best to share sites that I think are fun, like stumbleupon.com (which I also used for this class). Look, I told you about that website! I am capable of sharing! So please feel free to check back here and see if I have posted anything worthwhile (honestly, it’s a 50/50 chance).

“Umm, I seriously hope that anyone who needs any advice on anything involving the internet doesn’t actually turn to you,” said Kim. I’m sure she meant it with respect and adoration. Oh fudge, again.