why beanjuice?

I,ve just realised my blog name could be taken the wrong way.....

I work with two guys (T and A) and we were discussing funny things people say at work. As I,m a bit of a geek I am writing down these funny comments so that if I ever leave here my farewell email will have some hilarious tit bits in it (yes, I do think ahead - I have read so many poor leaver emails, I really want to be remembered properly!) Anyway, A and T were teasing me (as boys love to do - in fact this is really their only form of interaction with other humans) for writing all these quotes down and I told them I needed them for my blog, beanjuice. Ok, so they errupt with laughter and then I realise beanjuice possibly wasn't the wisest choice of name and had somewhat rude connotations.....

The real origins of bean juice are entirely innocent. Its simply that I like the juice of baked beans but not the actual beans.

Why do we blog?

So I,ve got a blog.

I never thought it would happen as I have always thought why would anyone give a crap about what I have to say.

However, I,ve realized the appeal of the blog is for the writer. Everyone loves to express an opinion plus with a blog your technically a published writer and of course there is always that element that maybe your blog will become the one that everyone wants to read. There was one was one featured in The Metro about National Rail (god people love moaning about transport!) that had thousands of hits a day.

I was having a conversation with my 'media' pals the other day and we have decided that the only people that really give a dam about blogs are people in advertising. This was confirmed by my 'non advertising' friends who had never heard of twitter, blogs or user generated content. So really whats happening is that the advertising industry is being fed by the advertising industry and your consumer basically doesn't really give a dam about advertising, a lesson learned?