Blog newbie
Entry posted by Ryan Johnson
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<img src="http://canucks.nhl.com/v2/photos/mugs/8460527.jpg" border="0" class="imageFloatLeftFramed">I've been told I have big shoes to fill as the newest Canucks.com blogger but I think I can handle this - I know I can at least measure up.
To be honest, I don't know a lot about blogging but I know a lot of people who spend a lot of time on it. I know a lot of people depend on it for information and some people run their lives through their blog but I'm not one of those. I don't spend a lot of time on it and I don't read them so this is an entirely new thing to me altogether. Stick with me, it might take a couple of tries to get a full handle on this.
But I think I'll be a pretty quick learner because I do write a lot and I really enjoy writing. I read a lot and I find a lot of readers are also good writers because they are very well-versed when it comes to writing. I enjoy writing so anytime when I am asked to put something together, I find it quite easy and enjoyable.
I do spend a lot of time on the computer and that is my pipeline of connectivity but by no means am I a techy or am I fixing computers. With the way we travel and move around, the times and schedule that we keep, it is my way of connectivity to friends and family and the world. The hockey schedule often means you can lose the world for five or six days so it's a way to keep updated. Now, I'll get a chance to combine the two worlds.
I have to admit that Canucks.com isn't my homepage - CNN.com is. I really like to keep connected to the world and I find is the most reliable with keeping me up to date around the world. It's the same with TV because I don't watch TV programs like sitcoms, it's usually CNN and for newspapers, I'll read USA Today.
I find when I used to play in the States I used to follow more Canadian news but I guess I'm not as much now that I'm back in a Canadian market. Although I check, almost on a daily basis, is my hometown newspaper but it's not really a newspaper - it's more like a pamphlet - the Chronicle Journal in Thunder Bay.
It's fun for me to keep tabs on my hometown even though I don't spend a lot of time there but it's just nice to keep abreast of what's happening there. They've got three or four lead stories and that's it. There's not a whole lot to browse through but it's just nice to know what's going on whether it's economy wise or just local facts.
What's nice about reading the Chronicle Journal is the lead stories are very simplistic compared to CNN or larger publications because it's not hijackings or murders - it's something like a guy drove his car into the beer store and stole two cases of beer so for me, it's just refreshing to have the simplicity of it. Or even today - it was a story about someone who finished 10 marathons after he quit smoking - definitely not anything like on CNN.
So, basically I read a lot but haven't gone much into the blog world but I'm excited about this process.
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