EVERY DAY, my Inside View blog sends email directly to my phone from people asking questions arising from a handful of the 5000 blogs posts that I've created on it since July 2003. I treat some of those emails as evidence that I've earned the trust of readers, even though many of the requests come from people who have visited for fewer than two page views. The most common questions concern software updates. Some questions ask me for feedback about Nokia Maps (at left), the one expense that my phones seem to make automatically when I travel.The most unusual questions delve deep into some keys I still have from underground structures in the UK and Germany. I try to write most of my things in a common voice but I know many of my blog posts deviate into the arcane. So I try to blend Twitterspeak into some of my thoughts. When I'm successful, the blog post will drop onto Facebook where it picks up more interest and often sparks a virtual relationship. I'd like to think I could convert some of this online trust into solid results for my employer, a third level college that offers a well-vetted BSc in creative multimedia. After a summer of thinking about this challenge, I believe I'm at the point of joining a group blogging effort that tries to pique the interest of parents and teachers, recognised influencers of the next generation of digital creatives.
Nearly 15,000 people have seen this Nokia N95 photo.
