The first thing I noticed was that I had less time for my normal routine like cleaning my room every week and my pet rabbit is going to go on strike soon! =) Maybe I'll take a break like you and spend some time to me, myself and I. Heh...

thanks for the encouraging message! lets do juz that, set up a hiatus-central.my.
...seriously, i cant be bothered by these moronic people. my space, my crap. mine n for myself only :) others dun like it, not my problem.

Has blogging helped to develop me as a person?Well,who am i to judge.But reading other people's blogs sure did helped me see things in a whole lot different perspectives.

najah, after all that stupid fight in blogs, you're the one of the few I still respect,... haha... nope it's not flattery........
i think in Malaysia.... blogs still belongs to the elitist,...many who wants to blog either has bad internet connection, no time, or zero-programming language.....

The point that most people don't get is that the blogging phenomenon was precipitated by technology that made it easier for the layperson to publish content. This means that 1) you don't need to be a techie and 2) in most cases, you don't need broadband, to get your thoughts across.

I see the recent blogwars as a result of personal insecurities. I do stand behind PPS, it is in no way a monument designed to exclude people, it is rather a first attempt at some level of content management/aggregation. Like all proof of concepts, one has to start small. We must remember that we are all free agents here, and it is sad that a project as useful (at least to me), as the PPS, is taken the wrong way by certain quarters.

Like I said before, the guys that put together this thing did it very quickly (so much so that I had no idea what was going on, and I was on the mailing list!), very effectively (code was written to enable non-MT blogs to interface with the PPS - hence one big step CLOSER to inclusion of more blogs) and very selflessly (no one talked about promotion other than the explanatory emails - no talk of press, and no talk of PPS re: Infosoc, although I'd love it if they could mention it in their presentations).

The only idea I was wary of was the original reason for the meet: to discuss a national blog awards. That I thought was dodgy - who is to say what blog is best, considering that no two are alike, and it's already difficult to determine the distinctions between genres, and definitions of what constitutes a blog. Bear in mind that this idea came from the same person who started the blogwars in the first place.

Just so there is no confusion the person that Najah is referring to is Mr Tim Yang.

Thanks Najah for your support. It helps to know that the most "level-headed" amongst us (and that, my dear, you most definitely are) can look through it all and see the good in the project, which is, as you've rightly pointed out, is still in its infancy.

If I have used a different expression to describe "personal insecurities", am I still considered being "level-headed"? ;-)

To shoot down the bloggers award is the greatest thing to have happened to blogosphere here.

So we could grow organically, devoid of extra burden.

hello HRH Najah, your blog is cool bla bla bla... just had a thought... ive nicknamed ur blog 'taj mahal' coz its like white, classy n never fails to inspire people. :) hehe.. btw come to my blog to see my latest pic (its currently "farenarcissism" season)

i dont usually share my sadness (or madness) with my loved ones, so my blog has always been my target to let out my anger/frustration/sadness. and through this blog of mine that someone special out there would call/sms just to find out if i am ok, no matter how busy or late at night. blogging definately adds uumph to my (personal + love) life! :)

Well, the mention of a Blog actually 'dying' haven't cross my mind. Me and dNsite have been around for quite some time and i had my share of good and bad experience in blogging. Blogs don't die, ppl do (well not literally die). That in most cases often happen becoz the 'blogger' just stopped caring..

To my belief, blogs reflect our personality and perception, sometimes feelings. Think of it this way, your happy bout something that happened to you, you write bout it and compare it with the rest of the world. Something bad has affected you in someway, write bout that and compare it with the rest of the world. Then there are comments. Its like having a friend giving ideas and support when the going gets tough. BUT NEVER A HIDDEN AGENDA.

If your gonna start a blog, let it be from the heart. Never as a tool to get ppls attention. Never to promote superiority.

Back then, our blogs 'really' represented who we were. It was like having a virtual version of yourself. Not just talking bout some jargon happening thousands of miles away, not just about writing about stuff you 'thought' was interesting. But how these things affect you in some way and where you stand or how these things around you help you define your place in the world.