Making a Family Blog My family lives all over the place. Keeping up-to-date with each otheris tough, and so I thought it might be fun to make a family blog, wherewe could all do the blog thing and keep better track of what's going onin each of our lives.I think this could be especially fun for the younger ones. I know somepeople are skittish about how un-private a blog is, but that too is partof what blogging is. It's not direct communication amongst familymembers, but the indirectness adds a certain value, a quality to thecommunication that we don't get over the phone or email, or even inperson. Call it a blending of public and private persona, a blurring ofthe divisions we create for ourselves.

My family lives all over the place. Keeping up-to-date with each other
is tough, and so I thought it might be fun to make a family blog, where
we could all do the blog thing and keep better track of what's going on
in each of our lives.

I think this could be especially fun for the younger ones. I know some
people are skittish about how un-private a blog is, but that too is part
of what blogging is. It's not direct communication amongst family
members, but the indirectness adds a certain value, a quality to the
communication that we don't get over the phone or email, or even in
person. Call it a blending of public and private persona, a blurring of
the divisions we create for ourselves.