Blogging?

Especially after reading Maddox's post on blogging, I was a bit skeptical in starting this up. What is the deal here? Is blogging some sort of a passing fad, or something that is going to be a big deal in the future?

It is extremely important for individuals to get their opinions out, to speak their minds and posit new solutions and ideas. The internet provides an excellent medium for this. Who will be heard, though? Should it only be those that are connected to major newspapers or other media outlets? I think not. It should be those with the best ideas.

If good ideas are the defining aspect of what should determine if someone is heard or not, then blogging seems to me to be a great system. Those bloggers with good ideas will make a larger impact on their readers. Those readers will both come back to said blog, as well as link those ideas and spread them to new audiences. Therefore, the bloggers with the best ideas will also be those that eventually end up with the most traffic. Is this not an utopian way to determine whose voice is heard, and whose is not?

It is in this spirit that I begin my blog.