These are my first steps of writing at Technorati. Imagine yourself in a boat. You don’t know how to swim.

Your elder brother have told you right after when away from the beach that; ‘he was going to throw you into the water’. He’s aim was to have you chopping for dear life. That was the way he learned to swim he said.

When this happened, I was at age of six. Did I succeed? Yes ı did. That day, for dear life, I chopped as hard as I could, and manage to stay on the water.

Today I’m 60+3 in age. It seems that, this time I’ve put in water myself to the ‘Deep Oceans of Technorati’.
Am I capable, or will I be having enough effort to stay on the surface of Technorati? Or will I sink, and drown?

The ones who has the experience of swimming in different waters, — fresh or salt — wavy, streamy, windy etc., or swimming in a pool, in a river, a lake, and sea, can also be added to this classification, should and must keep in mind, that each of these different waters have their own formats, their unique characteristics.

To be successful in the mission of ’swimming’, it needs applying the necessary basics, but in different rules, compatible with each one of the waters concerned.

Probably, all of these waters have been experienced by most of us. But ‘ocean’ is the superb of all waters. Deepest, biggest, widest, finest, and the most spectacular.
Ocean is also known and named as; cruelest, merciless, and above all the feared most.

Despite all the positive, but heavily negative mentioned appellations of ‘Oceans’, she is least known, still the most famous, most mysterious, the such a thing is that, she is still the most curious, and most fabulous.

After all these chit-chats of ocean, let me mention about how I feel of stepping into the unfamiliar ‘giant’ oceans of Technorati.

For long years of educational official work, I was accustom to writing formal, scientific etc. notes, texts, and articles. But I’m retired now. I am eager to write what’s really inside of me. The work, happily but painly busyness with the family, and finally rushy traffic of all kinds within the natural flow of life, kept me static all those years.

As if I was automatically programmed to do all that without complaine. After my retirement, I no more could control the feelings in my soul, and the ‘file’ of heavy traffic consisting of words, phrases, ideas in my brain.
It’s time now for them to come out, to take a role, and step into the stage of life itself.

Simply, plainly, sincerely, within the rules of life and the new era, I feel I’m obliged to keep pace with this.

So I started dealing with building up web sites, first was built exactly at 29 April, 2009.

Working hard, I manage to come to this phase in five months, a level that brought me to the shores of Technorati.

For many years writing formal texts,articles,then writing freely in my sites/blogs — which decreased my eagerness, and tension a little bit — I’ve suddenly found myself in the very deep waters of Technorati’s Oceans.

To be honest, with a wish, and hard work, I knew I was going to end up on some Web Site address. Of course, joining as the ‘Author’, a contributor for Technorati, I couldn’t have imagined and expected in very short time like this.

Now I’m in. Being experienced in writing, will be my advantage. But being not familiar to the tendencies, obligations to follow the written/un-written general rules, preferences of the ‘ readers, members, fans, authors, management ‘ etc. are going be my disadvantages at Technorati in the preliminary stages.

Nevertheless, I’m certain, being in the Technorati Family, will bring me enormous credits. Advantage of sharing my writings with a very big, large and elite community, plus I’ll be having a chance of exchanging valuable knowledge with them. In short

I will gain a lot…

For hard workers, ones who have capacity and will for writing, must never give up, they should always be in challenge with themselves to reach to a higher level.

Why not to try yourselves. Knock the doors of Technorati. Apply to write there, ‘Login’ and start. The rest will come…

Finally, a gentlemen from Technorati Editorial, who kindly helped me in some of my difficulties, have said in it’s mail; “It is not always easy to write from the heart and open up to complete strangers what one feels about a transition.”

These expression have motivated my feelings. I appreciate it.

He also pointed out about the line in the beginning of this article and said: “Imagine yourself in a boat. You don’t know how to swim.” is a perfect metaphor.

Thanking him so much again, I feel obliged to respond to this as: If ”Imagining oneself in a boat with fear,cause of not knowing to swim ” is considered a ‘Perfect Metaphor’, Then me being in The Technorati should be considered as ” MegaMetaphor ”.

Thank you again…

I’m afraid. Afraid of the responsibilities that I will come upon Technorati. Afraid of unexpected happenings that might kept me out of my goal.

Time is the best solution for the one’s who are afraid. Afraid of being inadequate. The way to overcome this negative feeling is to ‘do the best that can be done’.

Not to rush, slowly, patiently, and fearlessly move on the right path.

”It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” — Confucius

It’s about time to end this article. Then here comes the conclusion part.
In Turkish, the word ‘dede’ is ‘grandpa’. My granddaughter’s first call to me was ‘dedegi’, not ‘dede’.

I fall into astonishment, because I didn’t know the meaning of it. The word’s meaning was not known by major dictionaries also.

I founded the meaning myself. The suffix ‘gi’ was ‘dear’. She ment ‘dear grandpa‘.

Finally, I will end my first article by calling upon ‘The Big Community of Technorati’, that they have a ‘dedegi‘ among them now.

Technoratiansgi, ‘dede’ whose aim is to run slowly but continiously on these tracks is very happy for joining your community.

Best Wishes…

NOTE:
-This is my first article published in Technorati.Bu benim Technorati’de
yayınlanan ilk makalem.
http://technorati.com/lifestyle/article/learning-to-write-at-technorati/
-After Technorati,the article secondly posted on my sister blog.Technorati’den sonra makale ikinci olarak bana ait ”Dedegi’s Blog” da yayınlanmıştır
http://dedegi.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/learning-to-write-at-technorati/

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