Facibus On Blogging

Friends make things easier. They are there to share the good stuff and help you through the bad.

It is said that three friends make a bad job bearable. Returning to a client site this morning where I’ve spent a lot of time over the last couple of years certainly brought this point home - I’ve worked with these folks a lot and consider many of them friends as well as clients.

In the blogging world, it is the same - friends make the blogging easier. And blogging isn’t always easy - it can be hard work killing the blog monster before it kills you.

I’ve got a lot of real-world friends who blog, and I’ve made a lot of friends blogging. I won’t mention them all here - because I would forget to mention one or two without meaning to in my tiredness and offend them. I link to them when I can, and they are all wonderful.

I’d go so far as to say that it is impossible to blog for any length of time without genuine friends who also blog - and there have been many occasions over the last few months where it has been so much more than just digging for reciprocal links - bloggers are some of the nicest, most selfless, helpful people I know. When you’re married to the blog, friends can make all the difference.

There are some blogging friends that you only get to “see” online, so giving them a friendship bracelet isn’t really an option. But why not! There are many fashionable bracelets that would perfectly fit a blogger’s style, like bracelets with web-themed charms or bracelets that support a cause that’s important to them, like a Lance Armstrong bracelet.