Why do we Blog?

For the uninitiated: the ‘blog’ : originally from ‘weblog’; hence blog, blogged, blogging, blogger and blogosphere .

Asking the question “why do we blog?” will probably yield dozens of answers, from “to be heard” and “to connect with others” to “to share information”, but what is this blogging lark really all about? Blogging may have started as a slightly narcissistic form of self expression – the equivalent to the personal diary/journal, but these days it is a phenomenon far bigger than that.