Why I <3 Vox

I heart vox

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I know. You're probably thinking - for someone who says she loves Vox, it sure did take her a while to post her love letter. Guilty as charged. And my reason is pretty lame. I've been setting up my Wordpress blog. (Setting it up and creating a post on why I don't heart Wikipedia that I asked my boss to approve.) Ha! So much for the love!

Truth be told, my Wordpress is meant to be my 'serious' blog. The one where I attempt to actually call myself a 'blogger' and not just someone who is having... fun.. and ranting about my day... or sharing... more personal thoughts. Make sense? Here on Vox, I feel free to unleash... me. While on Wordpress, I am attempting to be more.. polished? Pretentious? Hahaha! Profound?!

I guess what I'm figuring out is that Vox and Wordpress have different audiences. At least that's how I see it. And what I've experienced... so far. Vox is friendlier and has more of a neighborly feel while Wordpress is less friendly but more specific. At least in terms of defining who you are and hoping to be found and linked to and from.

Am I making sense...?

I found Vox through Debbie Weil's The Corporate Blogging Book. Mena Trott, the founder of SixApart (and Vox), is one of the featured bloggers in the book. I had to read it for work. So while reading, I would check out all the blogs that Debbie wrote about. When I looked at Mena's, she makes mention of how she's been blogging privately on mena.vox.com. I was intrigued. I clicked. I found. I didn't sign up... yet. A week went by and there was an influx on Multiply, where I've been active for two years. Suddenly, almost everyone I knew was on Multiply. So I peeked around Vox and did what any sane person would do. I had my daughter sign up. One look at all the templates and she was hooked. One look at all the fun my kid was having and I had to get in on the action.

So sign up I did and hog the computer I did more of.

2AM on Day One. Kyera: "Are you still  Vox-ing?! You've been online since this afternoon, Mom!"

10AM on Day Two. Kyera: "What time did you sleep last night?! I can't believe you're Vox-ing again...."

4PM on Day Three. Kyera: "Seriously, Mom, you need to stand up from the computer. You're Vox-addicted. You need to go brush your teeth."

I reluctantly stood up and let her use our poor overworked desktop. And I really needed a bath.

I don't know what got into me. Was it the QotD's that I wanted to answer?  Or the VoxHunts that needed finding?  Or the books and audio and photos I just had to upload?! Or the interesting people I just had to Add to My Neighborhood?! Or the Groups?!

I overdid it. Like eating too much chocolate chip cookies, or grilled burgers, or vanilla ice cream in one sitting, I had to stop myself and breathe. Or so I had hoped. The blogging bug had bit me hard - Debbie's book and Vox and Multiply - and I just had to get... one... more. A... serious... commercial... one... and... then... I... would... stop.

Give me six months and we'll see who's still standing. Or who else has joined the fray. I hear Blogger's another good free service...