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I mentioned several weeks ago about a survey being conducted regarding blogging. Mrs. Efimova has posted some of the results that can now be viewed. I'm supposed to receive an email regarding its completion (hopefully within the next few weeks).

And you're probably wondering what I put, well, here is a multiple choice test:

Question 5: Please, provide a one-line description of your job and professional background:

A) i work as a management assistant at 20six and am writing my marketing doctoral dissertation at whu graduate school of management in koblenz, germany.

B) Head of the Center for New Media, Danube University Krems. Focus: education and research in the field. I'm a historian by trade but got addicted to the net in 1994 and worked on that ever since.

C) I'm studying business on a Berufskolleg. I've been used Internet sice 1998.

D) I'm the president and founder of Collectrix.com a webhosting company that is specializing in blog hosting/community building.

Question 6. Which characteristics of your job support blogging?

A) Qualitative research and the whole area of group facilitation requires an inquiring mind, a good 'ear' and the ability to 'sense' human nature and behaviour. Basically filtering in info through all the senses, processing it and then articulating and sharing it and taking it forward. Communication ultimately brings in the results at work (eg. how well can i bring alive the viewer of MTV for my client) - and blogging is a great tool for this.

B) well, i'm keeping a project blog about my phd project and i also surf the net extensively while working for 20six. my 20six.de/martini blog is thus pretty much a filter weblog...

C) dunno?!

D) In order to better understand bloggers I became one myself and have made some new friends that also blog. To be a better salesman (to sell hosting plans) I need to find out what people want and/or need. In short, my job depends on blogging (I'm also starting BlogPromotion.com because in my travels I've unearthed vast quantities of blog directories and such that aid in syndication).

Question 7. Which personal characteristics support blogging?

A) Passionate curiousity so i read more and more through blogs, wanting to be at the leading edge - blogging opens up the world to me, and most importantly i think, is the desire to start a dialogue – conversations and exchanges and collaborations with people that have the energy to say “hey lets share and learn and grow”. Also, the question in my mind - do I really need several profiles and identities – a company website, Ryze profile, Ecademy profile ... the list can be endless. I think a blog could consolidate all these identities – a one-stop profile – where you see ALL of me – my thoughts and preoccupations – personal and business - a bit of mind and soul.

B) write for yourself, don't care about the f*cking loosers that aren't willing to understand anything

C) Effectivness of 1:many asynchronous communications. Public sounding board.

D) It benefits me to have all of the data laid out in an organized fashion for several reasons. First, it's archived, so I can search for it if need be (I use this quite often). Second, I can receive feedback, both with the built in comment system and emails

Question 9. [Bloggers only] In which situations would you like to write to your weblog, but are not able to? Why?

A) if I'm drunk

B) my sexuality ? i'm to shy

C) Not applicable, except maybe when I'm on an airplane.

D) Economics and libertarian thought and personal ramblings - I just don't have the time.

Question 10. [Bloggers] Why did you start your weblog? What motivated you?

A) Share informations on blog in Italy

B) because its so easy ... you need no f*cking motivation

C) no idea

D) I started mine for several reasons. First, because some of the clients wanted to see what one could look like from scratch. Two, because I wanted an easier outlet to publish my thoughts and what influenced my thinking. Three, because everyone will eventually use a publishing system online (I say "will" with a long-term scope, 10+ years).

Hard - Question 11. [Bloggers] What other added values of blogging did you discover after starting (if any)?

A) I am running a whole lot of blogs now. They are valuable in the sense that they are a kind of "information dumpster" where I can push information in without caring where it goes. From time to time I unload that dumpster (so it isn't really a dumpster but maybe a shoebox)

B) Blogging per se did not bring me anything. Using the tool educated me in using a CMS, what was RSS, what was an aggregator. And I came to realize what writing good markups means.

C) It is somewhat addictive : ) You can easily build friendships and partnerships with it. It fits my lifestyle and how I surf (I do lots of research anyways).

D) 1) That ideas can turn into new relationships and social networks.
2) That I get praise for writing good stuff, or criticism for bad stuff, even if I myself wasn't sure about its worth: it's a sort of test, am I crazy, or is this a good thing. Especially when there are no others in your own organization working in the same field. 3)The dialogues that come from posting,

Now let me see which one of you has been paying attention and understands my greymatter. I'll post the answers after enough of you has failed (miserably is an option).

Posted by Tim at May 5, 2003 02:21 AM | TrackBack