Mena Trott: How blogs are building a friendlier world

Traducător: Delia Halici Corector: Brandusa Gheorghe

Over the past couple of days,

Deci, stiti, in ultimele zile

as I've been preparing for my speech,

in timp ce ma pregateam pentru discurs,

I've become more and more nervous about what I'm going to say

am devenit din ce in ce mai emotionata

despre ce voi spune si despre faptul ca voi fi pe aceeasi scena

and about being on the same stage as all these fascinating people.

ca toate aceste persoane fascinante.

Being on the same stage as Al Gore, who was the first person I ever voted for.

A fi pe aceeasi scena cu Al Gore, care a fost prima persoana pentru care am votat.

And --

Si --

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

So I was getting pretty nervous

si -- si deveneam cam emotionata, si, stiti,

and, you know, I didn't know that Chris sits on the stage,

nu stiam ca Chris sta pe scena,

and that's more nerve-racking.

si asta e si mai greu de suportat.

But then I started thinking about my family.

Dar apoi am inceput sa ma gandesc la familia mea.

I started thinking about my father and my grandfather

Am inceput sa ma gandesc la tatal si bunicul meu

and my great-grandfather,

si la strabunicul meu,

and I realized

si am realizat

that I had all of these Teds going through my bloodstream --

ca aveam toti Ted-zi

trecand prin venele mele --

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

that I had to consider this "my element."

-- ca trebuia sa fiu --

sa consider acest lucru elementul meu.

So, who am I?

Deci -- deci cine sunt?

Chris kind of mentioned I started a company with my husband.

Deci Chris a mentionat putin ca am pornit o afacere cu sotul meu.

We have about 125 people internationally.

Avem cam 125 de oameni la nivel international.

If you looked in the book,

Daca v-ati uitat in carte,

you saw this ...

ati vazut asta,

(Laughter)

which I really was appalled by.

de care am fost ingrozita cu adevarat.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

And because I wanted to impress you all with slides,

Si fiindca am vrut sa va impresionez cu slide-uri,

since I saw the great presentations yesterday with graphs,

intrucat am vazut geniala prezentare cu grafice ieri,

I made a graph that moves,

am facut un grafic care se misca,

and I talk about the makeup of me.

si vorbesc despre compozitia mea.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

So, besides this freakish thing,

Deci, pe langa acest lucru ciudat,

this is my science slide.

acesta este slide-ul meu stiintific. Deci, asta e matematica,

This is math, and this is science, this is genetics.

si asta e stiinta, asta e genetica.

This is my grandmother, and this is where I get this mouth.

Aceasta este bunica mea, si de aici am mostenit aceasta gura.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

So --

Deci,

I'm a blogger, which, probably, to a lot of you, means different things.

sunt un blogger, ceea ce, probabil ca pentru multi dintre voi,

inseamna lucruri diferite.

You may have heard about the Kryptonite lock brouhaha,

Probabil ca ati auzit de incuietoarea Kryptonite

un fel de brouhaha, unde un blogger a vorbit despre cum sa spargi

where a blogger talked about how you hack

or break into a Kryptonite lock using a ballpoint pen,

o incuietoare Kryptonite folosind un stilou,

and it spread all over.

si s-a raspandit peste tot. Kryptonite au trebuit sa ajusteze incuietoarea,

Kryptonite had to adjust the lock,

and they had to address it to avoid too many customer concerns.

si au trebuit sa adreseze problema pentru a

evita prea multa neliniste din partea clientilor.

You may have heard about Rathergate,

Probabil ca ati auzit de Rathergate,

which was basically the result of bloggers

care a fost practic rezultatul

realizarii bloggerilor ca "th"-ul

realizing that the "th" in 111

din 111

is not typeset on an old typewriter;

nu provine de la o masina de scris veche, ci este din Word.

it's on Word.

Bloggers exposed this,

Deci, bloggerii au descoperit acest lucru,

or they worked hard to expose this.

sau au lucrat mult ca descopere asta.

You know, blogs are scary. This is what you see.

Stiti, blogurile sunt infricosatoare. Asta e ce vedeti.

I see this, and I'm sure scared -- I swear on stage -- shitless about blogs,

Vad acest lucru, si sunt cu siguranta speriata

si injur pe scena, de moarte despre bloguri

because this is not something that's friendly.

pentru ca acest lucru nu este prietenos.

But there are blogs that are changing the way we read news

Dar sunt bloguri care

schimba modul in care citim stirile si consumam media, si, stiti,

and consume media, and these are great examples.

sunt exemple extraordinare. Acesti oameni ajung la mii,

These people are reaching thousands,

if not millions, of readers,

poate chiar milioane, de cititori,

and that's incredibly important.

si acest lucru este incredibil de important.

During the hurricane,

Stiti, am avut, in timpul uraganului,

you had MSNBC posting about the hurricane on their blog,

aveti MSNBS postand despre uragan pe blogul lor,

updating it frequently.

actualizandu-l frecvent. Acest lucru a fost posibil

This was possible because of the easy nature of blogging tools.

din cauza naturii usoare a ustensilelor de blog.

You have my friend,

Stiti, este prietenul meu,

who has a blog on PVRs, personal recorders.

care are un blog digital --

pe PDR, inregistrari personale.

He makes enough money just by running ads,

Face destui bani, doar prin folosirea reclamelor,

to support his family up in Oregon.

pentru a-si sustine familia in Oregon.

That's all he does now,

Doar asta face acum, si e ceva ce

and this is something that blogs have made possible.

blogurile au facut posibil.

And then you have something like this, which is Interplast.

Si apoi aveti ceva de genul asta, e Interplast.

It's a wonderful organization

E o organizatie extraordinara de

of people and doctors who go to developing nations

oameni si doctori care merg in natiunile in curs de dezvoltare

to offer plastic surgery to those who need it.

pentru a oferi operatii estetice celor care au nevoie.

Children with cleft palates get it, and they document their story.

Deci, copii cu buza de iepure, vor avea parte de acest lucru,

si ei documenteaza povestea lor. Acest lucru este minunat.

This is wonderful.

I am not that caring.

Mi-e nu-mi pasa atat de mult.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

I talk about myself.

That's what I am. I'm a blogger.

Vorbesc despre mine. Asta sunt eu. Sunt un blogger.

I have always decided that I was going to be an expert on one thing,

Mereu am decis ca voi fi experta intr-un lucru,

and I am an expert on this person,

si sunt experta in aceasta persoana,

and so I write about it.

asa ca scriu despre asta.

So, the short story about my blog:

Si --

si povestea mea scurta despre blog: a inceput in 2001. Eu aveam 23 de ani.

it started in 2001, I was 23.

I wasn't happy with my job,

Nu eram multumita de slujba mea,

because I was a designer,

pentru ca am fost designer,

but I wasn't being really stimulated.

dar nu eram stimulata cu adevarat.

I was an English major in college.

Am facut engleza in colegiu. Nu o foloseam in niciun fel,

I didn't have any use for it, but I missed writing.

dar imi era dor de scris. Deci, am inceput sa scriu un blog

So, I started to write a blog

and I started to create things like these little stories.

si am inceput sa creez lucruri ca aceste povestioare.

This was an illustration about my camp experience when I was 11 years old,

Si aceasta a fost o ilustratie despre experienta mea din tabara cand aveam 11 ani,

and how I went to a YMCA camp, Christian camp,

si cum am mers intr-o tabara YMCA -- tabara crestina --

and basically by the end,

si practic pana la sfarsit, mi-am facut

I had made my friends hate me so much that I hid in a bunk,

prietenii sa ma urasca atat de tare

incat m-am ascuns intr-un pat. Nu ma gaseau.

They couldn't find me, they sent a search party,

Au trimis o echipa de cautare, si am auzit oameni spunand

and I overheard people saying they wish I had killed myself --

ca isi doreau sa ma fi sinucis,

jumped off Bible Peak.

sarind de pe Bible Peak.

You can laugh, this is OK.

Si -- puteti rade, este in regula.

(Laughter)

This is me.

Acest lucru ma defineste -- asta sunt eu.

This is what happened to me.

Asta e ce mi s-a intamplat.

And when I started my blog, it was really this one goal --

Si cand am inceput blogul a existat chiar doar acest scop,

I said, "I am not going to be famous to the world,

Vroiam -- mi-am dat seama, am spus, stiti,

nu voi fi faimoasa

pentru lume,

but I could be famous to people on the Internet."

dar as putea fi cunoscuta pentru oamenii de pe Internet.

And I set a goal.

Si mi-am stabilit un scop, voi castiga un premiu,

I said, "I'm going to win an award,"

because I had never won an award in my entire life.

pentru ca nu mai catigasem un premiu in intreaga mea viata.

And I said, "I'm going to win the South by Southwest Weblog award."

Si am spus, voi castiga acest premiu --

premiul the South by Southwest Weblog.

And I won it -- I reached all of these people,

SI l-am castigat. Am ajuns la toti acesti oameni,

and I had tens of thousands of people reading about my life every day.

si aveam zeci de mii de oameni citind in fiecare zi despre viata mea.

And then I wrote a post about a banjo.

Si apoi am scris o poveste despre un banjo.

I wrote a post

Am postat

about wanting to buy a banjo --

despre dorinta de a cumpara un banjo --

a $300 banjo, which is a lot of money.

un banjo de 300 de dolari, ceea ce e o gramada de bani.

And I don't play instruments;

Nu cant la nici un instrument

I don't know anything about music.

Nu stiu nimic despre muzica

I like music, and I like banjos,

imi place muzica si imi plac banjourile,

and I think I probably heard Steve Martin playing,

si cred ca l-am auzit pe Steve Martin cantand.

and I said, "I could do that."

si am spus, pot face asta.. Si am spus --

And I said to my husband,

i-am spus sotului meu, am zis "Ben, pot cumpara un banjo?" Si el a raspuns,"Nu."

"Ben, can I buy a banjo?" And he's like, "No."

And my husband --

Si sotul meu --

(Laughter)

this is my husband, who is very hot --

el e sotul meu, care e foarte atragator --

he won an award for being hot.

a castigat un premiu pentru ca este atragator --

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

He told me,

-- si el -- mi-a spus,

"You cannot buy a banjo.

"Nu poti cumpara un banjo, este --

You're just like your dad," who collects instruments.

esti exact ca tatal tau, care cumpara -- care colectioneaza instrumente."

And I wrote a post about how I was so mad at him,

Si am postat

despre cat sunt de suparata pe el,

he was such a tyrant -- he would not let me buy this banjo.

ca era un adevarat tiran, nu ma lasa sa-mi cumpar acest banjo.

And those people who know me understood my joke --

Si pentru cei care ma cunosc au inteles gluma.

this is Mena, this is how I make a joke at people.

Aceasta e Mena, asa fac eu glume despre oameni.

Because the joke in this is that this person is not a tyrant,

Pentru ca gluma e ca acest om nu este un tiran:

this person is so loving and so sweet

este asa de iubitor si dragut

that he lets me dress him up

ca ma lasa sa-l imbrac

and post pictures of him to my blog.

si sa postez poze cu el pe blog. Si --

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

And if he knew I was showing this right now -- I put this in today --

-- si daca ar fi stiut ca voi arata asta acum,

am pus asta azi, m-ar omori.

he would kill me.

But the thing was, my friends read it,

Dar ideea era ca, am scris asta, si prietenii mei au citit-o,

and they're like, "Oh, that Mena, she wrote a post

si ei erau ca si cum, oh.. Mena asta, a postat despre,

about wanting a stupid thing and being stupid."

stiti, dorinta de a avea un lucru stupid si de a fi stupida.

But I got emails from people that said,

Dar am primit emailuri de la oameni ce ziceau,

"Oh my God, your husband is such an asshole.

"Oh Doamne, sotul tau e asa un nemernic.

How much money does he spend on beer in a year?

Cati bani cheltuieste pe bere intr-un an?

You could take that money and buy your banjo.

Ai putea lua banii aia si sa-ti cumperi un banjo.

Why don't you open a separate account?"

De ce nu deschizi un cont separat?"

I've been with him since I was 17, we've never had a separate bank account.

Am fost cu el de cand aveam 17 ani. Noi - n-am avut niciodata un cont separat in banca.

Ei ziceau " Separati contul din banca --

They said, "Separate your bank account.

cheltuieste-ti banii tai, el isi cheltuieste banii lui. Asa."

Spend your money; spend his money, that's it."

Si am avut oameni spunand, "Paraseste-l."

And then I got people saying, "Leave him."

Si --

(Laughter)

I was like, "OK, what? Who are these people?

si am zis, bine, ce, cine sunt acesti oameni,

And why are they reading this?"

si de ce citesc asta?

And I realized: I don't want to reach these people.

Si mi-am dat seama: nu vreau sa ajung la astfel de oameni.

I don't want to write for this public audience.

Nu vreau sa scriu pentru acest tip de public.

And I started to kill my blog slowly.

Si am inceput sa-mi ucid blogul incet.

I'm like, I don't want to write this anymore.

Adica, nu vreau sa mai scriu asta,

Slowly and slowly --

si incet incet --

And I did tell personal stories from time to time.

Si chiar am spus povesti personale din cand in cand.

I wrote this one, and I put this up because of Einstein today.

Am scris asta, si am pus-o din cauza zilei Einstein de azi.

I'm going to get choked up, because this is my first pet,

Si voi incepe sa ma inec, pentru ca acesta e primul meu animal de casa,

and she passed away two years ago.

si a murit cu doi ani in urma.

And I decided to break from, "I don't really write about my public life,"

Si am decis sa fac o pauza de la ,"Nu scriu cu adevarat despre viata mea publica,"

because I wanted to give her a little memorial.

pentru ca voiam sa-i ofer un mic memorial.

But anyways, it's these sorts of personal stories --

Dar, in fine.

Sunt aceste feluri de povesti personale. Stiti, cititi bloguri despre politica,

You know, you read the blogs about politics or about media,

sau despre media, si barfa si alte lucuri.

and gossip and all these things.

These are out there,

Toate acestea exista, dar e mai mult partea personala

but it's more of the personal that interests me,

care ma intereseaza, si asta e -- stiti,

and this is who I am.

si asta este cine -- cine sunt eu.

You see Norman Rockwell, and you have art critics say,

Stiti, il vedeti pe Norman Rockwell. Si aveti critici de arta care spun,

"Norman Rockwell is not art.

Norman Rockwell nu e arta.

Norman Rockwell hangs in living rooms and bathrooms,

Normal Rockwell sta in

sufragerii si bai, si acest lucru

and this is not something to be considered high art."

nu e considerat arta inalta.

And I think this is one of the most important things

Si cred ca acest lucru este unul din cele mai importante lucruri

to us as humans.

pentru noi, ca oameni.

These things resonate with us,

Aceste lucruri rezoneaza cu noi,

and, if you think about blogs, you think of high art blogs,

si, daca te gandesti la bloguri, te gandesti la bloguri de arta inalta,

the history paintings about, you know, all the biblical stories,

picturile istorice despre, stiti, toate povestile biblice,

and then you have this.

si apoi exista asta.

These are the blogs that interest me: the people that just tell stories.

Aceste bloguri ma intereseaza: oamenii care spun doar povesti.

One story is about this baby, and his name is Odin.

Si o poveste este

despre acest copil, si numele lui e Odin.

His father was a blogger.

Si tatal lui era un blogger.

And he was writing his blog one day,

Si posta pe blogul lui intr-o zi,

and his wife gave birth to her baby

si sotia lui a nascut copilul la 25 -

at 25 weeks.

la 25 de saptamani.

And he never expected this.

Si el nu se asteptase la asta niciodata.

One day, it was normal; the next day, it was hell.

Intr-o zi era normal; intr-o zi -- apoi in cealalta era iadul.

And this is a one-pound baby.

Si acesta e un copil de 0.453 kg.

So Odin was documented every single day.

Si deci Odin a fost documentat in fiecare zi.

Pictures were taken every day: day one, day two ...

Poze era facute in fiecare zi, ziua intai, ziua a doua.

You have day nine -- they're talking about his apnea;

Stiti, gasim ziua a 9-a -- vorbeau despre apneea lui,

day 39 -- he gets pneumonia.

ziua a 39-a -- se imbolnaveste de pneumonie.

His baby is so small,

Acest -- acest copil e atat de mic,

and I've never encountered such a --

si nu am mai intalnit niciodata o,

just -- a disturbing image, but just so heartfelt.

doar --

o imagine atat de deranjanta , dar -- atat de sincera.

And you're reading this as it happens,

Si, stiti, citesc aceasta in timp ce se intampla,

so on day 55, everybody reads that he's having failures:

si in ziua a 55-a, toata lumea citeste ca

el -- are probleme: de respiratie si de inima,

breathing failures and heart failures,

and it's slowing down, and you don't know what to expect.

si ca incetineste, si nu stii la ce sa te astepti.

But then it gets better. Day 96, he goes home.

Dar apoi e mai bine. Stiti, ziua a 96-a pleaca acasa.

And you see this post.

Si vezi aceasta postare.

That's not something you're going to see in a paper or magazine

Nu e ceva ce vei vedea intr-un ziar sau o revista.

but this is something this person feels,

dar asta e ce simte aceasta persoana,

and people are excited about it -- 28 comments.

si oamenii sunt entuziasmati de asta.

That's not a huge amount of people reading,

Stiti, 28 de comentarii. Nu e o multime de oameni ce citesc,

but 28 people matter.

dar 28 de persoane conteaza.

And today, he is a healthy baby,

Si astazi este un copil sanatos,

who, if you read his blog --

care, stiti, daca ii cititi blogul --

it's snowdeal.org, his father's blog --

este Snowdeal.org, blogul tatalui sau --

he is taking pictures of him still, because he is still his son

inca ii face poze, pentru ca inca este fiul lui

and he is, I think, at his age level right now

si este, cred, la nivelul varstei lui

because he had received such great treatment from the hospital.

pentru ca a fost asa de -- a primit ingrijiri atat de bune din partea spitalului.

So, blogs.

Deci, bloguri.

So what? You've probably heard these things before.

Si stiti, si ce? Probabil ati mai auzit asemenea lucruri inainte.

We talked about the WELL, and about all these sorts of things

Am vorbit despre WELL,

si am vorbit despre acest gen de lucruri.

throughout our online history.

de-a lungul istoriei noastre online.

But I think blogs are basically just an evolution,

Dar cred ca practic blogurile sunt doar o evolutie,

and that's where we are today.

si aici ne aflam astazi.

It's this record of who you are, your persona.

Este aceasta inregistrare despre cine esti, persoana ta.

You have your Google search, where you say, "What is Mena Trott?"

Si aveti cautare Google unde tastati, hei, ce e Mena Trott?

And then you find these things and you're happy or unhappy.

Si apoi gasiti aceste lucruri si sunteti fericiti sau nefericiti.

But then you also find people's blogs,

Dar apoi gasesti si blogurile oamenilor,

and those are the records of people that are writing daily --

si acestea sunt inregistrari ale oamenilor care scriu zilnic --

not necessarily about the same topic, but things that interest them.

nu despre acelasi subiect neaparat, dar lucruri care ii intereseaza.

And we talk about the world flattens, being in this panel,

Si vorbim despre lumea devine plata ca fiind acest cadru,

and I am very optimistic -- whenever I think about blogs,

si sunt foarte optimista.

I'm like, "We've got to reach all these people."

Oricand ma gandesc la bloguri, spun ca trebuie sa atingem toti acesti oameni.

Milioane si sute de milioane si miliarde de oameni.

Hundreds of millions and billions of people.

We're getting into China, we want to be there,

Stiti, ajungem in China, vrem sa fim acolo,

but there are so many people that won't have the access to write a blog.

dar stiti, sunt atat de putini oameni care nu

vor avea acces la a scrie un blog.

But to see something like the $100 computer is amazing,

Dar sa vezi ceva ca un calculator de 100 de dolari este uimitor, pentru ca --

because blogging software is simple.

software-ul de blogging e simplu.

We have a successful company because of timing,

Stiti, avem o companie de succes datorita sincronizarii,

and because of perseverance, but it's simple stuff --

si datorita perseverentei, dar este un lucru usor --

it's not rocket science.

nu este foarte complicat.

And so, that's an amazing thing to consider.

Si asa, este un lucru uimitor de luat in considerare.

So --

Deci,

the life record of a blog is something that I find incredibly important.

inregistrarea vietii unui blog este ceva

ce mi se pare incredibil de important.

And we started with a slide of my Teds,

Si am inceput cu un cadru cu Ted-zi din familia mea,

and I had to add this slide,

si a trebuit sa adaug acest slide, pentru ca stiam,

because I knew the minute I showed this, my mom --

in minutul in care aratam asta, mama mea -- mama mea va vedea asta cumva,

my mom will see this, because she does read my blog

pentru ca ea imi citeste blogul --

and she'll say, "Why wasn't there a picture of me?"

si v-a spune, "De ce nu era o poza cu mine?" Stiti?

This is my mom.

Aceasta e mama mea. Deci, am toti acesti oameni pe care ii stiu.

So, I have all the people that I know of.

But this is basically the extent of the family that I know

Dar, stiti, aceasta este practic prelungirea

familiei pe care o cunosc in termeni

in terms of my direct line.

de linie directa.

I showed a Norman Rockwell painting before, and this one, I grew up with,

Si am aratat o pictura de Norman Rockwell inainte,

si cu aceasta am crescut,

looking at constantly.

uitandu-ma constant la ea.

I would spend hours looking at the connections,

Petreceam ore privind legaturile.

saying, "Oh, the little kid up at the top has red hair;

Spunand, "Oh, copilasul din varf are par rosu,

so does that first generation up there."

ca si prima generatie de acolo."

And it's just these little things.

Si doar aceste lucruri mici. Stiti, asta nu e --

This is not science, but this was enough for me

stiinta, dar a fost destul pentru mine

to be really interested in how we have evolved

sa fiu atat de interesata de modul in care evoluam

and how we can trace our line.

si cum ne putem urmari linia stramoseasca.

So that has always influenced me.

Si deci, asta m-a influentat intotdeauna.

I have this record, this 1910 census,

Stiti, am aceasta inregistrare, aceasta --

acest recesamant din 1910

of another Grabowski -- that's my maiden name --

a altui Grabowski -- adica asta e numele meu de domnisoara,

and there's a Theodore, because there's always a Theodore.

si este un Theodore. Pentru ca intotdeauna este un Theodore.

This is all I have, a couple of facts about somebody.

Asta e tot ce am. Am cateva

date despre cineva,

I have their date of birth, their age, what they did in their household,

am ziua lor de nastere, si varsta lor,

si ce faceau in gospodaria lor, daca vorbeau engleza.

if they spoke English,

and that's it, that's all I know of these people.

Si asta e tot. Asta e tot ce stiu despre acesti oameni.

And it's pretty sad,

Si e destul de trist.

because I only go back five generations, and that's it.

pentru ca -- merg doar 5 generatii inapoi,

I don't even know what happens on my mom's side,

si asta e tot. Nici macar nu stiu ce s-a intamplat pe partea mamei,

because she's from Cuba and I don't have that many things.

pentru ca e din Cuba si nu am prea multe date.

Just doing this, I spent time in the archives --

Si facand asta am petrecut ceva timp in arhive --

that's why my husband's a saint --

de asta -- un alt motiv pentru care sotul meu este un sfant --

I spent time in the Washington archives,

am petrecut timp in arhivele din Washington, doar stand acolo,

just sitting there, looking for these things.

cautand aceste lucruri. Acum este online,

Now it's online, but he sat through that.

dar a stat cu mine in timpul asta.

And so you have this record and --

Deci ai aceasta arhiva si,

This is my great-great-grandmother.

stiti, aceasta este stra-stra-bunica mea.

This is the only picture I have.

Asta este singura poza pe care o am. Si sa te gandesti

And to think of what we have the ability to do with our blogs;

la ce putem face cu aceste bloguri;

to think about the people that are on those $100 computers,

sa te gandesti la oamenii

care sunt pe acele calculatoare de 100 de dolari,

talking about who they are, sharing these personal stories --

vorbind despre cine sunt, impartasind aceste povesti personale,

this is an amazing thing.

asta e un lucru incredibil.

Another photo that has greatly influenced me,

Alta fotografie care m-a influentat,

or a series of photos, is this project

sau o serie de fotografii, este acest proiect

that's done by an Argentinean man and his wife.

facut de un Argentinian si sotia lui.

And he's basically taking a picture of his family every day

Si el practic face cate o poza a familiei lui in fiecare zi

for the past, what is '76? -- 20 ... Oh my God, I'm '77 -- 29 years?

pentru ultimii, ce e `76 --

20, o, Doamne, eu sunt `77 --

29 de ani? 29 de ani.

Twenty-nine years.

There was a joke, originally, about my graph that I left out, which is:

A fost o gluma, initial, despre graficul pe care l-am aratat,

vedeti toata aceasta matematica? Sunt fericita ca am putut adauga pana la 100,

You see all this math?

I'm just happy I was able to add it up to 100,

pentru ca asta este tot ce pot face.

because that's my skill set.

(Laughter)

So you have these people aging,

Deci -- stiti -- avem oamenii acestia care imbatranesc,

and now this is them today, or last year.

si acum astia sunt ei astazi, sau anul trecut,

And that's a powerful thing to have, to be able to track this.

si acesta este un lucru puternic, abilitatea de a urmari asta.

I wish that I would have this of my family.

As vrea sa am asta si pentru familia mea.

I know that one day my children will be wondering --

Stiu ca

copii mei se vor intreba intr-o zi --

or my grandchildren, or my great-grandchildren,

sau stranepotii, sau stratranepotii,

if I ever have children --

daca voi avea vreodata copii --

what I am going to --

ce voi --

who I was.

cine am fost, deci fac ceva ce e foarte narcisist.

So I do something that's very narcissistic --

I am a blogger --

Sunt un blogger --

that is an amazing thing for me,

acesta este un lucru incredibil pentru mine,

because it captures a moment in time every day.

pentru ca surprinde un moment in timp zilnic.

I take a picture of myself -- I've been doing this since last year --

Fac cate o poza cu mine -- fac acest lucru de anul trecut --

every single day.

cu mine in fiecare zi.

And, you know, it's the same picture;

Si, stiti, nu e aceeasi poza;

it's basically the same person.

practic e aceeasi persoana.

Only a couple of people read it.

Doar cativa oameni citesc. Nu scriu asta pentru aceasta audienta,

I don't write this for this audience;

I'm showing it now, but I would go insane if this was really public.

arat asta acum, dar as

innebuni daca ar fi facut public.

About four people probably read it,

Probabil cam 4 oameni citesc asta,

and they tell me, "You haven't updated."

si ei -- imi spun, stii, nu ai mai postat nimic --

I'm probably going to get people telling me I haven't updated.

probabil am sa fac oamenii sa-mi spuna ca nu am mai postat ceva --

But this is amazing, because I can go back to a day -- to April 2005,

dar acest lucru este incredibil, pentru ca pot merge inapoi la o zi --

as putea sa ma intorc in Aprilie 2005,

and say, what was I doing this day?

si sa spun, ce faceam in aceasta zi? Ma uit, si stiu exact.

I look at it, I know exactly.

It's this visual cue that is so important to what we do.

E acest semn vizual care e atat de important pentru ceea ce facem.

I put the bad pictures up too,

Si, stiti, am pus si pozele rele,

because there are bad pictures.

pentru ca exista poze rele.

(Laughter)

And I remember instantly: I am in Germany in this --

(Rasete)

Si mi-am amintit instant: sunt in Germania pentru --

I had to go for a one-day trip.

a trebuit sa merg intr-o excursie de o zi.

I was sick, and I was in a hotel room,

Imi era rau, si eram in camera de hotel

and I wanted not to be there.

si mi-am dorit sa nu fiu acolo. Si vezi aceste lucruri.

And so you see these things, it's not just always smiling.

Nu sunt doar intotdeauna zambind. Acum am evoluat, si am aceasta perspectiva.

Now I've kind of evolved it, so I have this look.

If you look at my driver's license, I have the same look,

Daca te uiti la carnetul meu de conducere

am aceeasi infatisare

and it's a pretty disturbing thing,

si e -- e un lucru cam deranjant

but it's something that is really important.

dar e ceva ce e foarte important.

And the last story I really want to tell is this story,

Si ultima poveste pe care

chiar vreau sa spun e aceasta poveste,

because this is probably the one that means the most to me

pentru ca probabil asta e cea

care conteaza cel mai mult in tot ceea ce fac.

in all of what I'm doing.

I'll probably get choked up, because I tend to when I talk about this.

Si probabil ma voi ineca, pentru ca mi se intampla cand vorbesc despre asta.

Deci, aceasta femeie,

So, this woman, her name was Emma,

numele ei era Emma, si era un blogger

and she was a blogger on our service, TypePad.

la serviciul nostru, TypePad. Si era era un beta tester,

And she was a beta tester, so she was there right when we opened --

deci era acolo exact cand am deschis --

you know, there was 100 people.

stiti, acolo au fost 100 de oameni --

And she wrote about her life dealing with cancer.

si a scris despre viata ei in lupta cu cancerul.

She was writing and writing, and we all started reading it,

Si scria si scria si scria,

si am inceput toti sa-l citim, pentru ca aveam atat de putine bloguri pe service,

because we had so few blogs on the service,

we could keep track of everyone.

ca putem urmari pe toata lumea.

And she was writing one day,

Si scria intr-o zi, si, stiti,

and then she disappeared for a little bit.

apoi a disparut putin.

And her sister came on, and she said that Emma had passed away.

Si sora ei a aparut, si a scris ca

Emma a murit. Si toti din echipa noastra de suport

And all of our support staff who had talked to her were really emotional,

care au vorbit cu ea erau -- erau foarte emotionati

and it was a very hard day at the company.

si a fost o zi foarte grea la companie.

And this was one of those instances where I realized

Si a fost --

aceasta a fost una din situatiile in care am realizat

how much blogging affects our relationship,

cat de mult bloggingul ne afecteaza relatia,

and flattening this sort of world.

si aplatizeaza acest tip de lume.

That this woman is in England,

Aceasta femeie e in Anglia,

and she lives -- she lived -- a life

si traieste --

a trait o viata in care vorbea despre ea --

where she was talking about what she was doing.

despre ce facea.

But the big thing that really influenced us was,

Dar lucrul care ne-a influentat a fost,

her sister wrote to me, and she said --

sora ei care mi-a scris, si a spus, stii,

and she wrote on this blog --

si a scris pe blog, ca --

that writing her blog during the last couple of months of her life

scriind pe blog in ultimele luni din viata

was probably the best thing that had happened to her,

a fost probabil cel mai bun lucru care i s-a intamplat,

and being able to talk to people and to share what was going on,

si a putea sa vorbeasca cu oameni, a putea sa impartaseasca ce se intampla,

and being able to write and receive comments.

si a putea sa scrie si sa primesca comentarii.

And that was amazing,

Si asta a fost incredibil. Stiind ca i-am

to be able to know that we had empowered that,

dat aceasta posibilitate, si ca bloggingul

and that blogging was something that she felt comfortable doing,

a fost ceva cu care se simtea confortabil, si

and the idea that blogging doesn't have to be scary,

ideea ca bloggingul nu trebuie sa fie inspaimantator,

that we don't always have to be attack of the blogs,

si ca nu trebuie sa atacam blogurile,

that we can be people who are open, and wanting to help and talk to people.

ca putem fi oameni deschisi,

doritori de a ajuta si de a vorbi.

That was an amazing thing.

Acesta a fost un lucru incredibil.

And so I printed out and sent a PDF of her blog to her family,

Si -- am printat --

sau am trimis un PDF cu blogul ei familiei sale,

and they passed it out at her memorial service,

si l-au distribuit la inmormatare,

and even in her obituary, they mentioned her blog,

si chiar in -- in orbituarul ei,

au mentionat blogul ei, pentru ca era un lucru atat de important din viata ei.

because it was such a big part of her life.

Si asta este un lucru urias.

And that's a huge thing.

So, this is her legacy,

Deci, aceasta este -- aceasta este mostenirea ei.

si cred ca

and I think that my call to action to all of you is:

chemarea mea la actiune pentru voi toti este,

think about blogs, think about what they are,

stiti, ganditi-va la bloguri, ganditi-va la ce sunt,

think about what you've thought of them,

la ce v-ati gandit despre ele, stiti, si apoi

and then actually do it,

chiar faceti acel lucru, pentru ca e ceva

because it's something that's really going to change our lives.

ce chiar ne va schimba viata.

So, thank you.

Deci, va multumesc.

(Applause)

(Aplauze)