Name: John Lampard, Age: 42 Location: Sydney, Australia Occupation: Content Producer & Consultant Let`s Start !


When did you had the idea to start blogging ?

There's a long answer and there's a short answer to this! Long answer: I designed my first personal website in 1997, and as part of that I included an "online journal", or what we'd now call a blog. It was really very much like a diary, and I only wrote about personal matters and mentioned people I knew personally. I even called it the "Personal Log" (though I spelt log as logue - I forget why now!), so it was *almost* called a weblog! It'll be on the Way Back Machine ( http://www.archive.org/) somewhere... Short answer: I started The InterChange Desk because I wanted to share my career change knowledge, having changed careers several times, and hopefully provide a dedicated career change resource.


Would you like to share with us the URL of your first post?

My first post at The InterChange Desk can be found here:
http://www.theinterchangedesk.com/2007/02/06/the-c-change/


What is your motivation to continue blogging?

I've always liked writing and expressing ideas, and blogging is a great way to do both, so hopefully in this regard I am doing something that comes naturally to me!


Where did you get your daily blog inspiration from?

From everywhere really. Magazines, newspapers, websites and blogs, overheard snippets of conversation, past life experiences, to name but a few.


What ́s the goal of your blog?

To provide people considering, or making, a career change access to ideas, information, suggestions, and hopefully some support and encouragement, to see them through the process.


Choose one word to describe your blog?

Informational


What kind of people read your blog and who should read it? How are their reactions?

People looking for articles and information on changing careers and finding work that is more fulfilling. So far, after about six weeks, the reactions have very positive!


Are there any posts you are excited to offer?

None in particular. I like writing every post I've made so far. :)


Which of your blog posts had the most reactions from your readers?

I run weekly column called the FAB (pro)files which takes a humourous and slightly satirical look at so-called glamourous jobs, and these so far tend to draw the most reactions, whether through comments or email.


The top 3 blogs you read?

This is a hard question to answer since I've been reading blogs (or online journals) for over ten years now, and trying to nail down a top three isn't easy.
1. Airbag (http://www.airbagindustries.com/) by Greg Storey, 2. Loobylu (http://www.loobylu.com/ ) by Claire Robertson, which is sadly on hiatus at the moment, and
3. Javajive (http://www.thejavajive.com/blog) by Brandon Hoover in Jakarta - which features some awesome photography - are a few favourites though.


Is there anything you want to say at least?

There's a lot of talk about how our obsession with blogging, the internet, and technology in general, is cutting us off and isolating us from each other. I'm not sure to how great a degree that is really correct, but I think blogging adds a personal dimension that has been absent from a lot of written communication, especially of a technical or analytical nature, in the past. Instead of reading manuals written like... manuals we have access to the blogs of people specialising in all manner of topics, who are writing from a personal perspective. Information is not only far more accessible, it is far more user friendly thanks to blogging!


Your URL: http://www.theinterchangedesk.com/

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