Comments on: Topical Trini Bloggers?

By: E

Fri, 04 May 2007 02:28:22 +0000

Later down the road, but something coming and we’ll “try a ting”, I subscribed to the feed and you’ll know when it happens! Now get to bloggin’!

By: Dre

Dre — Thu, 03 May 2007 23:18:44 +0000

So what can we expect and when E??

By: E

Thu, 03 May 2007 20:44:42 +0000

There’s a need for good trini blogging.
Don’t worry, this year we’re coming.

By: Jumbie

Jumbie — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:02:32 +0000

In my blog: Waiting to Exhale, I tried to show that we cannot wait on others to stand up for us. If we want change, we have to think of the bigger pictures, not only the trivialities.

I may be too serious in my blogs, I need to see the lighter side of things, but at the same time, so many Trinis ONLY see the lighter side.

This particular blog came about because of the disproportionate amount of people I saw writing about carnival. Sigh, it is their right, but to me, carnival is not nearly as important as all the crap taking place. Hope you see my point, its not as if I am out to diss anyone. Lets just agree to see the differences.

By: Chennette

Chennette — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:19:50 +0000

I blog on food for many reasons - one of which is that I am interested in food, and representing my experience with Trini and Caribbean food culture. There are only a few of us Caribbean foodbloggers anyway, so I think it has its place.
I know that crime, politics and the smelter are important and are indeed part of our lives, but so is food and technology and carnival and cricket. Those things aren’t going to go away either and cannot be discounted as important for people to chronicle in blogs.
I do agree that there is quite a lot of free commentary in newspapers etc in Trinidad. Maybe that’s it. Afer all our population isn’t that big. Plus, there may be many people who blog who cannot (for employment or other reasons) enter what is a political discussion online.

By: Karel Mc Intosh

Karel Mc Intosh — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:06:59 +0000

I think that the Guardian article on the Trini blogge rbeing preoccupied with crime is partly an opinionated one by the writer. Often, I think reporters put words that have no base/ research. For example, a few months ago there was a big feature article about how people are wearing jerseys with writings/ sayins on them because that is what they’ve resorted to to express their feelings. Oh please! People are wearing the jerseys because it’s in fashion and because they’re affordable at Westport! The same thing goes for categorising bloggers. If the writer had done some more research, he would find more bloggers, and more of what they’re talking about.

Perhaps bloggers writing about their lives is what’s easy for them. Some use it to just relax and express themselves. Perhaps they don’t feel like regurgitating what they read in the traditional media? We’ve got to consider all of these things before casting judgement on content.

By: James

James — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:18:09 +0000

I am a blogger from Biche that blogs on technology topics…