I often tell people that Blogging and social networking has changed my life.
- It makes me think and create
- It helps me learn
- It keeps me in touch with people
- It helps me get (the right) answers, quickly
- It helps my expression, and
- It drives my business
I was introduced to Glenda, a fellow blogger and accessibility consultant, a few weeks back on LinkedIn. She just got in touch with me and I checked out her blog.
To my surprise I discovered that she has cerebal palsy and types on a keyboard with her left thumb. A quick scan found her very recent video from Lorelle VanFossen’s keynote at Word Camp Portland on the weekend.
So inspirational! And the very reason I set up a blog! UsableWorld is about how well designed technology, like Wordpress, can help people achieve things that they never believed possible!
Glenda sums it up her blogging experience by saying ‘Wordpress has given me a voice.’ That’s exactly what it has done for me too.
How has blogging and social networking helped you?
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21/06/09
[...] MySpace has been shown to have similar effects. A short article titled Blogging as a Social Tool: A Psychosocial Examination of the Effects of Blogging by James R. Baker, Susan M. Moore, December 2008 suggested that blogging helps people feel like they have a stronger social support network, possibly because blogging helps a person gain some insight, feedback or perspective on their life and as John M Grohol says ‘Take the results with a grain of salt, however, as 57% of the original participants at the initial time of the first set of measures did not complete the measures two months later (possibly skewing the results of the data). The researchers also did not differentiate successful, frequent bloggers from those who may have started a blog and posted only one entry.’ He even writes about that fact blogging might even make you happier! It certainly makes me happy, as I mentioned in a post last year! [...]