Blogging about Blogging about Blogging

Megan Reardon was a featured blogger on Rebecca Blood's "Bloggers on blogging." Reardon was an early player on the blogging scene; she created her first website in 1999 and started her blog, Not Martha, in 2001. Reardon sat down to talk about blogging with Blood.

One of the really interesting parts about Reardon's blog blocks comments. She talks about how the general tone of commenters that she has observed on other blogs has been largely combative. "I started Not Martha as a way to keep track of links and ideas I was interested in or knew I'd want to reference later. It also worked as a place to keep notes on things I'd been doing," Reardon said. 

Maintaining a blog can be difficult and Reardon says that she burns out every no wand then. Trying to keep up with the demands of her readers, posting constantly can become a chore. She has toned it down now saying that she only posts when she finds inspiration and really getting back to the roots of why she started a blog in the first place.

Blogs give people a nice outlet. "People are much kinder and weirder than we allow ourselves to be in public," Reardon said. Blogs give people a nice place to put their own personalities out for everyone to see. 

Photo: Megan Reardon