Blogosphere immersion

Yeah, I'm in. I'm in the blogosphere. I finally understand what it means to be part of this restless network. It's a tumultuous sea of information that continues to rise, fall, crash, and ebb whether you are part of it or not. It's extremely satisfying to know that writing a post can make ripples on the surface of this sea, but what really feels great is seeing these ripples turn to waves that bounce back to you.


3 simple yet profound events that represent this rebound of influence happened recently. The first one is self explanatory; my blog inspired someone else to start a blog. Actually, "motivated" might be a more accurate word to use, but it doesn't sound as cool.


The person I'm talking about mentioned that he had been wanting to start a blog for a while and finally got around to it after seeing one of my links on Reddit. What's really cool is that I've never met this person, and we would probably never have any kind of influence on each other if it wasn't for blogging.


Basically, my minor disturbance of the blogosphere got someone else to start making their own bit of turbulance, and this person will probably influence someone else to do the same. It reminds me of brain synapses firing and stimulating each other, which leads me to my next "simple yet profound" event.


My last post was about the popularity of video game music. In that post, I raised the question, "should video game music be considered a genre?" The response to this question was varied, but I have to admit that the blogosphere proved me wrong, and I don't mind that at all. The exchange of opinions that occurred as a result of my blog post was stimulating, fun, and edifying. See for yourselves 


The third event is also related to my last blog post. it was a simple comment, but it really represents how conducive blogging is to the spreading and sharing of news and ideas. My reader wrote,


"I love video game music. Music can really make or break any kind of media. Came across this right after reading your post...


http://kotaku.com/5484422/rumor-square-enixs-music-division-shuttered


Pretty sad, Final Fantasy music is top notch."


I think the comment explains what I'm getting at. This post is long enough as it is, so I'll just wrap it up here. Blogging is cool.