November 2012 marks a first milestone
for Lost and Found: the all-important one year anniversary. Yep, as of this
point in time, I have been an active ‘blogger’
for longer than Kim Campbell served as Canada’s 19th Prime
Minister. This is a dually noted event as, apparently, more and more people
seem to adopt a blog faster than Angelina Jolie adopts African children.
Ironically, a vast majority of this group don’t keep their blogs active because
image mattered more than investment......kinda like Angelina
Jolie when she adopts African children.
Today, with an estimated
31 million + bloggers in the US and Canada alone, the blog has become one
of the biggest social media tools on the web. Unfortunately, 65%
of all blogs created will become dormant within a year of their creation -
the third highest impotent thing ever (behind smokers and males over 30). Add
to that list another list of blogs
that shouldn’t exist and you get both
a sentence that rhymes really well and another pile of worthless crap that
clogs the internet.
I have come to learn that the
sustainability of a blog has to do with its manager’s ability to commit to the
project and become impassioned by it. Alternative media is now on everyone’s
doorstep – finding your place within it can be more like trying to find a
parking spot at Edmonton Mall. And it’s Saturday afternoon. And you’re driving
a semi-truck. And there’s a dying baby in the passenger seat.
In lieu of my success at staying afloat
for a whole year I will theme the next few posts on Canadian media and its
significance to a 24 year old pathetically trying to loosely grasp hold of
something inside the vast ocean of bloggers everywhere. I hope you can sift
through my self-deprecation and find something meaningful.
Safe travels,
Aaron Turpin
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