Value of blogging / Problems with Vista

Bessie posted a number of questions on blogging one of which was what will readers value about blogs.

You have to look at the blog as you would any other qualitative data for research – have to know the bias of the subject – so firstly I have nothing to lose from putting my reflections up here – am paying my own fees, will not get any pay credits from doing the course and therefore am not indebted to anyone. You then look at the rich data to see if there are any commonalities with your own situation and the process in which you find yourself.
So to - Use of Vista
I could not see my new postings. When other people posted their messages something came up in ‘New’ but not mine. I was worried and thought there was a problem with Vista. Preeti came to my assistance but the problem persisted. I stupidly did not realise that, of course, I would not see my ‘own’ messages as ‘new’.
So to - Value of blogging
Other readers new to Vista would see that, maybe they were also not so stupid.
So to - Problem with Vista
I was sure that there were many messages but could only see about 10 every time I looked. Where were those with yesterday’s date? Silly me, I did not read the screen and see that there were 2 or 3 pages of messages. Maybe other users of Vista have the same problem.
So to – Value of blogging
From my CV you are able to gauge my job and skills base. From this description of my experience with Vista you can see my ‘problems’. Maybe the reader finds commonalities in the situation and perhaps comfort if they also had problems and realise that they were not so stupid. From this rich data information can be extracted about using Vista.