Sep 26, 2008
5 stages of a blogger’s life
Hope you enjoy this. Concept by Paul Bradshaw, drawings by the wonderful Alex Hughes:
1st stage of blogging: play
2nd stage of blogging: feedback
3rd stage of blogging: community
4th stage of blogging: fame
5th stage of blogging: exhaustion/death
Here are some Twitter avatar-size versions too:
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79 Comments, Comment or Ping
Louise Bolotin
Briliant! Thanks for brightening up my Friday morning.
Sep 26th, 2008
Sarah Byles
That's awesome
Sep 26th, 2008
Tracy Playle
Wonderful. Very funny.
Sep 26th, 2008
Mariela De Marchi
Great! I'm still laughing, thanks, friday looks much brighter
Sep 26th, 2008
Gabriella
oh! i'm the 5th
Sep 27th, 2008
rockzapper
awesome!!
Sep 27th, 2008
Amit Verma
That's really funny as well as good art…:)
Sep 29th, 2008
RedDog_UK
Hmm… some good points there
Sep 29th, 2008
A.
It looks you are in the second one, at least this post is.
Sep 29th, 2008
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sooooo funny! did you create the artwork?
Sep 29th, 2008
Daniel
Neat idea AHughes!
Sep 30th, 2008
Uncle B
Tender spot hurting a lot? Other side too? bruises on your face and body throbbing? Is that blood running out your nose, skirt above your head in the wind, panties torn and soiled, titties swelling and turning blue by the minute, lost on the roadside, hoping not to die? Did you recognize the tail lights of the limo that threw you off? Was it the same limo that picked you up at election time, promising a good decent clean ride? Will you ever learn? Last time these guys did this to you, your babies were killed in Iraq and your retirement fund spent to do it, your taxes went up, you did not get destroyed by the weapons of mass destruction, they were never found. Poor little America. Our heart-felt prayers from Canada go out to you!
Sep 30th, 2008
Paul Bradshaw
No, Alex Hughes did – see link at the start.
Sep 30th, 2008
Rajeev Edmonds
Excellent illustrations. In fact they can be broken further, and can be developed into 8-10 stages in a bloggers life.
Sep 30th, 2008
Alinush
So funny.
Sep 30th, 2008
Chadrack
Hey, you just put some life into me! I hope not to end like that. My dream is to make it big with me blog. I will ever remember this post!
Sep 30th, 2008
Denisa
Stages 3 and 4 are still nice. Hope I don't get to stage 5 too soon.
Sep 30th, 2008
Dwayne from Probably
I'm currently between 2 and 3. My blog is only like a week and two days old or so (at this time of posting), and I've hit around 3,500 unique visitors already. I just can't wait to get to Stage 5, it looks fun, getting to hover above your keyboard like that.
Oct 1st, 2008
Attilio Viscido
huahuahuahu to cool !!
Oct 1st, 2008
Ashok
wow, nice images, superb
Oct 2nd, 2008
niasdasd
hurr hurr
Oct 3rd, 2008
asdasf
hurrr hurr hurrr
Oct 3rd, 2008
sampat
i am beginner. i am also feeling something like this
Oct 3rd, 2008
Tara
What about if you get to 4 and become so rich and famous that you can pay some minion to write your blog for you while you sail off into the sunset? Cause that's possible right? I'm kinda banking on that being possible . . .
Oct 3rd, 2008
RT
I think I have been stuck on Stage 1 forever.. struggling about what to write about
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Oct 4th, 2008
baldie
wow, if fame is that hard and leads to step 5, I am better of between step 1 and 2 where I am at the moment!
Funny stuff though!
Oct 4th, 2008
tharavadi
ha ha good one
Oct 5th, 2008
Silversnail72
I stand guilty !!!
Oct 14th, 2008
Zara Green
LOL! Just started blogging…is this what I have to look forward to? Guess it won’t be funny to me for long
Dec 15th, 2008
Miguel | Simply Blog
Interesting.. I can’t recall ever experiencing any of these problems.
Not to shabby. You have to extend this, there are more stages that need to be depicted. WE WANT MORE! 
-Mig
Dec 15th, 2008
DJCNOR
I just had my first experience of stage 2 and I loved it! I got really lucky and apparently was among the first who saw the shoe-throwing incident. One quick post, and the last two days have seen a huge amount of hits and comments (for me). I answered all comments that invited discussion.
Now the hits have fallen back down to my original low level. This experience will keep me going for another two months.
I’ve got a question, though. As in “real life”, not just any community will do. With the huge amount of bloggers out there, how do you locate the community you will fit in?
Dec 16th, 2008
sampat
i am in fourth stage.thanks to tell what happen next……may be something else..i am happy
Dec 17th, 2008
munyukmentel
Ga..ga..ga… it’s so hilarious and definitely true… I think I am quite safe since I am in stage two now but still hoping to get to stage 4..
Jan 28th, 2009
abhijat
Excellent! Very true… I’m just moving on to stage two
Feb 10th, 2009
Kitchen Design
Great points, I think I am floating between level 3 and 4… lost in the transition!
Thanks!
Mar 9th, 2009
Welders
Great! I’m still laughing, thanks, friday looks much brighter
Mar 25th, 2009
Alice
Thanks a lot! I am just planning to add a blog in addition to our buy to let mortgage forum.
Mar 28th, 2009
sharmanagle
i am blogging for past two years. i am in 2nd stage….
Apr 17th, 2009
John
Hi,
Great post! I am moving into the 2nd stage
Apr 17th, 2009
Gon Mat
Very funny!
Apr 30th, 2009
genuine uggs
haha thats funny.
Also the Pulling your hair out stage.
But that stage kinda lasts right through all the other stages aswell.
Well done.
May 5th, 2009
Smackitta
that’s very true ! thank you
Jun 28th, 2009
Robert
I found my former self in this toon. Currently I rest at stage five, but my suspicion is this evolution will degrade to step one once again – I jut cannot get rid of blogging fever
Sep 25th, 2009
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