Blogs can be used for both personal knowledge management (PKM) and exterprise knowledge management (EKM). As a PKM tool, blogs collect thoughts and ideas. With a little discipline, one can accumulate a great wealth of "thought prints" over years of blogging for life. Becoming famous or not, he/she will find it fun to go back and read about the journey traveled. For EKM, blogs are good for collaboration and knowledge sharing. For example, employees in different department can exchange ideas and feelings about a new company initiative. Members of the new product/service development team can provide insights from different points of view. Employee blogs can be kept on the intranet to prevent confidential content from leaking out.
I personally find blogging helpful in forcing me to practice my English writing. Since Chinese is much easier for me than English when it comes to expressing deep thoughts, I would usually prefer writing in Chinese rather than in English when given choices. However, I do love English as a language. Just like there are things that can only be more fully expressed in Chinese, there are also things that English does better than Chinese. Having been switching between three languages that I use regularly, I know how important it is to keep up with practicing. A great example of intellectual capital and increasing return here: The more you use, the more you have. And if you quit using a language for a while, you could lose it gradually.
The greatest challenge for blogging is time. But it's a habbit worth spending time to develop.
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I agree that blogging require a lot of time because I used to blogged on myspace and at time it can be addictive. However, it's a good way to keep in touch with old friends.
I definately think blogging is fun! I enjoy reading other people's blogs and sometimes writing my own messages on my blog!
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