The Word “Driver” is Blogging Me Nuts

By on May 19, 2007 in Blogging with 4 Comments

Drivers. The world is full of them. All Kinds.

Defensive Drivers. Drunk Drivers. Wreckless Drivers. Sunday Drivers. Rubberneckers. Cab Drivers. Multi-tasking Drivers. Dancing Drivers (get your hands back on that wheel). Tailgaters. Marios (my dad used to say "Go get ‘em, Mario")…it’s a wonder we even get behind the wheel.

I don’t even tell people I drive anymore. I am a traveler. The word "driver" has too much baggage. And where did the word "car" come from?

News Flash: "Over 250,000 drivers made it home safely during the evening commute, now let’s look at the weather…"

Well, maybe not. I guess we only hear about the bad stuff.

I guess the same can be said for the word "blogger" – lots of baggage and yuck attached to that word.

David Armano suggested we stop calling yourselves "blogger", and in some contexts, I agree (as does Dawud). Phil Gerbyshak offers ways to recognize that you just might be a blogger.

I’m not avoiding the label. Blogging is a verb. One who blogs is a blogger. There are all sorts of blogging types that make up the soup of the blogosphere.

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I am a blogger. I am also a driver (and depending on the audience around me – I’d fit a few of the labels above).

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  • http://www.productivitygoal.com Carolyn Manning

    If I wrote novels, I wouldn’t refer to myself as a novelist, so, when asked what I do, my answer is that “I’m a writer”. Then I can say I maintain two blogs and the conversation goes from there. Works for me.

  • Dawud Miracle

    I think the important point David was trying to make is that we remember that it’s our love, our passion that’s important. If blogging is your end, then be a blogger. But if, say, selling products to make a living is your end, then your blog could be a means to that end.
    The other point lies in making ‘blogging’ more accessible to people outside the blogosphere by us not getting wrapped up in jargon. A blog means a lot of things to people who aren’t blogging. The term blog, then, could be a barrier to people being able to engage in the conversation.

  • http://www.converstations.com Mike Sansone

    >Hi Carolyn – Good points, though I know a few writers who say they are novelists. I wonder how car salesmen intro themselves (another term that had baggage for awhile).
    >Hi Dawud, I agree that David’s points were deeper than “don’t say ‘blogger’” – I don’t want to alienate those not yet privvy to what blogging is, but to avoid the word altogether may also avoid the learning process, no?

  • http://dmiracle.com Dawud Miracle

    True, we may miss the opporunity. How I usually handle that is I talk about the benefits to blogging, just without using the word ‘blog.’ I talk about their website or their web presence. Then, once they understand the concepts I let them know what I’ve been talking about is a blog. Thta often creates a great opportunity to break through preconceptions without having to deal with them head-on.

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