3 QUESTIONS: Daniel Pink of DanPink.com
THREE QUESTIONS for Dan Pink, author of "A Whole New Mind" and widely-published tech journalist, who blogs at DanPink.com. More about him here: http://danpink.com/aboutdp.php
1. Why and when did you start to blog?
A: i actually had a blog in 2002 called Just One Thing. so i blogged before it was cool and after it was trite. i do it largely to test out ideas, get things off my chest, and keep folks up to date on what i’m doing and working on.
2. What have you learned (about your work, journalism or yourself) since you began to blog?
A: i’ve learned that i actually don’t have an opinion on everything — and that i shouldn’t try to muster one. i’ve learned that a blog can be an enormously useful and searchable database of what i’ve thought and read at particular moments. and i’ve learned — or, more accurately, reaffirmed — that i prefer getting paid for my writing!
3. Should journalists blog?
A: sure. why not? journalists should enlighten, provoke, and entertain readers. the medium by which they do those things doesn’t matter all that much.
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