Tech Blog: Giving Voice To The Little Guys
In about the year 2000, the idea came to thousands of people at once: why not place your personal journal on the internet? Now blogs about every conceivable subject draw millions of visitors every single day. Many of these bloggers decided to start writing about tech news. There are many people who keep a technology blog about the latest new products and ideas; a tech blog can help you separate the valuable new gadgets from the useless junk.
You may have visited a tech blog before buying your digital camera, to see what reviews it had received. Tech blogs give tech geeks a place to enthuse about the latest in modern technology, and their expertise has given them renown. No one would spend $400 on a camcorder or any other piece of technology without making some effort to find out what reviews it had received, and these folks are as well qualified as anyone to give their opinions.
Although from humble beginnings as loners who preferred the consistency of machines to the flaws of others, geeks have come a long ways from being picked on by bullies. Now geeks may be telling the bullies what kinds of Digital Camera would best be used to capture their child own conquests, or the best cell phone with internet capabilities, or how to set up a wireless network.
Some of the blogs are, "by geeks, for geeks", such as the more hardcore gaming sites, most non gamers would cringe over buying a $5000 computer built for gaming. Also geeks seem to have a intimate knowledge of everything from virtual assistants, to fax/scanners/printers. They can quickly help you get rid of viruses in your machine, plus all that nasty spy ware and ad ware.
Considering how reliant every man, woman and child is on technology, perhaps the question should be why there are not more geeks. No one thinks twice about automatic garage doors, wireless telephones, and portable devices that remain connected. It is also not unusual for one to automatically have the coffee ready, or to lower the thermostat and brighten the house from the cellular telephone during the commute. Further, the coffee shops on every corner not only provide a favorite caffeine loaded beverage, but an internet fix as well.
The amazing increase in the popularity of tech blogs have opened the doors to the voices of those who didn't have the exposure before. Shyness can quickly be replaced by erudition and charm when someone has the relative anonymity of the internet tech blog. These blogs are also highly important in influencing the products we ultimately buy and the companies we ultimately patronize.
A technology blog is a useful tool when looking to buy an expensive piece of equipment. No one wants to spend $400 or more on a piece of technology without checking some tech news sites for reviews on the product. Many of geeks have an almost encyclopedic knowledge of computers including their hardware, software and virus or spyware removal. It is the tech blog where these introverts can come out and share their wealth of knowledge without having to worry about their social status. This is also where those who are clueless about technology can come for advice and guidance.
Published September 22nd, 2007
Filed in Computer
