April

When you live in your newsreader as much as I do, it's intriguing to see how the RSS feeds you subscribe to bring you the insights you need on a regular basis. Hmm, no wonder that I think the discussion on blogs solely as forms of legal marketing or advertising is misplaced. It makes the everydayness of blogging oh so bearable.
I like how she describes blogging as a subjective art that requires both community and freedom of expression, with the thrill of blogging coming from the "performative aspect. Getting out and running or working out can have the same 'everydayness' aspect to it, but not blogging.
As I like to say, the difficult aspect of blogging is not the time commitment, but the "everydayness" of blogging. Over the time I've been blogging, I've noticed a certain ebb and flow to my posting, an almost cyclical pattern of feast and fallow periods.
It usually lasts a week or two. It usually lasts a week or two.
I think every six months I ask myself WHY am I blogging.
It makes the everydayness of blogging oh so bearable.
In my case, that reflects a common alternating pattern of taking in information, followed by a period of expressing information.
But, as we know only so well, no good deed goes unpunished.
Learning, then writing. Over the time I've been blogging, I've noticed a certain ebb and flow to my posting, an almost cyclical pattern of feast and fallow periods. If it means a couple weeks, or even longer, between posts, that's okay. I think that sums up why the writing hadn't been compelling.
My message to clients is to blog when you have the time and when in the mood.
The notion of knowing that a blog would be "pretty much a second job" and the importance of being in a space of inspiration resonated with me.
Since I gave the presentation, I read two posts that gave my insights into the "everydayness" and work involved in blogging and, in the process, insight into what blogging is about, at least to me.
Then, this morning, I read a post from another blog I really enjoy, Slaves of Academe, called "My Blogging Workbook. And in that sense, academic bloggers are truly transgressing, carving out new ground and territory for what will, sooner rather than later, be the space of the profession.
If you count the number of posts over the last few weeks, you'll see that. " If you have been blogging for an extended period of time, you must read this post.
Reflection is a valuable thing, and it is a joy to be part of a blogging community with Evelyn and Oso to help me reflect and see more clearly.
You must have an idea, execute it somehow, with an eye towards communication and community. Reflection is a valuable thing, and it is a joy to be part of a blogging community with Evelyn and Oso to help me reflect and see more clearly. Lately, I've been in an intake period. I was looking for the old magic.
I like how she describes blogging as a subjective art that requires both community and freedom of expression, with the thrill of blogging coming from the "performative aspect. If it means a couple weeks, or even longer, between posts, that's okay. My message to clients is to blog when you have the time and when in the mood.
It may not be the only future, or keep its current form and shape, but it is where we will all end up one day. You should read it all to get the full effect, but at least read the last few paragraphs.
Then, this morning, I read a post from another blog I really enjoy, Slaves of Academe, called "My Blogging Workbook. In my case, that reflects a common alternating pattern of taking in information, followed by a period of expressing information.
Getting out and running or working out can have the same 'everydayness' aspect to it, but not blogging. It may not be the only future, or keep its current form and shape, but it is where we will all end up one day.