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Re: Interview with my Mom

Nathan — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:57:56 -0000

Sorry about the late response (I need to subscribe to your comment feed).

Good point on the use case.

In the case of your mother, though, I'd wonder if she'd read her friends blogs (if they had them, perhaps they do?). I could see Vox being of great use in that case.

Vox is an interesting idea in and of itself, though. Restricting who can access your blog. I can see various opportunities in that.

The other thing I notice is the new connotation of "addictive."

Re: Interview with my Mom

Jake — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:26:04 -0000

I think with someone like my mom there's a highly specific cause/effect happening. She goes on a trip and wants to record it for her friends.

I got into blogging the same as you mention, but try as we tech folks might, the use case for "normal" people is almost always much different.

To mom, I don't think the blogging is about being part of a larger conversation or joining the blogosphere or any of that other large scale stuff. I think it's about communicating more easily with her small group.

This is why the new Vox product is so interesting, and before going through this with Mom, I hadn't thought much of the practical use of Vox. Now I'm actually thinking of switching her so she can further control her reach.

Re: Interview with my Mom

Nathan — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:18:47 -0000

That's great that you brought your mom into blogging. I guess it will take an active blogging community to bring more people in.

I found it interesting, though, that your mom said that she still hadn't been reading more blogs even though she had now begun to be a blogger herself. It makes me wonder what the usual process is. I'd assume blog reader to blogger (as that's what happened with me), but it sounds like there could be a more prominent variation.

Re: Interview with my Mom

Jake — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 07:49:08 -0000

Let's put it this way (so she doesn't kill me...): early 50s.

And welcome to the site!

Re: Interview with my Mom

Rhea — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 06:28:08 -0000

I found this interview very cool. I write a lot about baby boomers so I am wondering, how old is your mom? I checked out her site!