For example; you could keep track of recent events in Drew’s life and get short reviews of books that Drew had recently read as well as get an up-to-the minute feed of whatever music Drew was listening to. For a while, he’d posted a map locating his whereabouts on the planet, but after he was laid off from his product manager’s job at a major internet portal Drew found himself spending a lot of time in his apartment, so he’d discontinued the map.
His review of the latest Postal Service album was both touching and insightful, and contained a link through which you could purchase the album from a major online retailer while giving him a small share of the profit.
Lately, he’d developed a fondness for sitting on the couch watching nature documentaries and would post interesting tidbits which he figured other people would find amusing. For example; on September seventh Drew’s post concerned the honey badger, believed by many naturalists to be the meanest animal in all of Africa. The honey badger’s standard method of attack was different than most predators in that it went not for the throat, but for the genitals. Drew peppered this post with several cleverly obfuscated but pointed references to past coworkers.
When Drew’s laundry was swiped from a dryer last summer he blogged his indignation immediately. And although he lost some good t-shirts, including his favorite “troublemaker” t-shirt, he made two new friends that day. Both Andrew and Melissa e-mailed him to express their solidarity as fellow laundry victims.
Drew’s blog was touching lives.