Comments on: A Blog’s Life http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/02/23/a-blogs-life/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:44:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ruminate » Blog Archive » The Life Cycle of the Blog http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/02/23/a-blogs-life/#comment-27399 Ruminate » Blog Archive » The Life Cycle of the Blog Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:19:36 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/02/23/a-blogs-life/#comment-27399 [...] Doug is pondering the lifespan and life-cycle of the blog: This quote really moved me to think about the various motivations for blogging, and to wonder if there isn’t a natural lifespan for a blog that exhausts itself like any other project a person takes on. [...] [...] Doug is pondering the lifespan and life-cycle of the blog: This quote really moved me to think about the various motivations for blogging, and to wonder if there isn’t a natural lifespan for a blog that exhausts itself like any other project a person takes on. [...]

]]> By: Nancy http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/02/23/a-blogs-life/#comment-26866 Nancy Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:36:54 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/02/23/a-blogs-life/#comment-26866 A lot of what you said rings true with me. I'm a mature (?) teacher three years from retirement. i started a blog for my students and I like that, I'm fine corresponding with 10-12 year olds. I thought I had something to say so I started several other blogs. Here's some observations I've made about myself and the blogging world in general in the last 4 months: 1. I hate to write, and I'm not good at it--a harsh lesson after all these years! 2. The blogs I like to read irritate me. 3. Blogging is serious business--you must quote your sources, no room for idle chat. 4. Most bloggers just take stuff off other blogs and blog about it. 5. There are probably only a dozen or so bloggers in the edusphere and they just keep commenting back and forth to each other. 6. Most blogs don't make me laugh. 7. In a way it's just like the teachers lounge--people complain about stuff and criticize stuff but don't do anything about it. At least in the lounge you don't have to quote your sources. 8. Most blog posts have no comments. Does that mean nobody is reading them? 9. Some bloggers are intimidating and don't seem to invite or appreciate comments from people outside their inner circle. 10. I'm a talker and talk mostly in sound bites and quips. I want people to listen to what I have to say--but I don't always want to defend what I say. I loved what you said about arguing--I agree. There are things at my age I don't want to spend my energy on. (Was I suppose to quote what you said on your own blog?) A lot of what you said rings true with me. I’m a mature (?) teacher three years from retirement. i started a blog for my students and I like that, I’m fine corresponding with 10-12 year olds. I thought I had something to say so I started several other blogs. Here’s some observations I’ve made about myself and the blogging world in general in the last 4 months:
1. I hate to write, and I’m not good at it–a harsh lesson after all these years!
2. The blogs I like to read irritate me.
3. Blogging is serious business–you must quote your sources, no room for idle chat.
4. Most bloggers just take stuff off other blogs and blog about it.
5. There are probably only a dozen or so bloggers in the edusphere and they just keep commenting back and forth to each other.
6. Most blogs don’t make me laugh.
7. In a way it’s just like the teachers lounge–people complain about stuff and criticize stuff but don’t do anything about it. At least in the lounge you don’t have to quote your sources.
8. Most blog posts have no comments. Does that mean nobody is reading them?
9. Some bloggers are intimidating and don’t seem to invite or appreciate comments from people outside their inner circle.
10. I’m a talker and talk mostly in sound bites and quips. I want people to listen to what I have to say–but I don’t always want to defend what I say.

I loved what you said about arguing–I agree. There are things at my age I don’t want to spend my energy on. (Was I suppose to quote what you said on your own blog?)

]]> By: Borderland » Belief and Doubt http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/02/23/a-blogs-life/#comment-26689 Borderland » Belief and Doubt Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:33:43 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/02/23/a-blogs-life/#comment-26689 [...] I don’t know if my dismissive remarks about certain kinds of criticism gave the appearance of smug self-satisfaction. I didn’t mean to leave that impression, but my last post was a little rushed. I’m self-critical and circumspect by nature, and so I’m often reminded of the Jackson Browne lyric…Don’t confront me with my failures / I had not forgotten them. [...] [...] I don’t know if my dismissive remarks about certain kinds of criticism gave the appearance of smug self-satisfaction. I didn’t mean to leave that impression, but my last post was a little rushed. I’m self-critical and circumspect by nature, and so I’m often reminded of the Jackson Browne lyric…Don’t confront me with my failures / I had not forgotten them. [...]

]]> By: Mark Ahlness http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/02/23/a-blogs-life/#comment-26687 Mark Ahlness Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:42:29 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/02/23/a-blogs-life/#comment-26687 Great questions, Doug. I find my blogging motivation changes regularly. Bottom line for me is the intellectual stimulation that is matched nowhere else. I'm not about to stop because somebody sees no future in it. It has value now. What really intrigues me is what the life of a blog is and will be for the kids we teach right now. Never mind us teacher bloggers being lost amongst the millions of other edtech bloggers - what about our blogging kids? Hundreds of millions of them in a few years. Where is their place? What is their purpose? Will they continue to blog, and why, or why not? Great questions, Doug. I find my blogging motivation changes regularly. Bottom line for me is the intellectual stimulation that is matched nowhere else. I’m not about to stop because somebody sees no future in it. It has value now.

What really intrigues me is what the life of a blog is and will be for the kids we teach right now. Never mind us teacher bloggers being lost amongst the millions of other edtech bloggers - what about our blogging kids? Hundreds of millions of them in a few years. Where is their place? What is their purpose? Will they continue to blog, and why, or why not?

]]> By: Liz Ditz http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/02/23/a-blogs-life/#comment-26665 Liz Ditz Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:51:36 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/02/23/a-blogs-life/#comment-26665 I blog to find out what I think. Yes, I could do that without blogging -- but having a blog makes it easy for me to search for things I've written previously. This works better from me than using del.ic.ious. Blogging, "thinking aloud", also lets me meet people who (a) are thinking as I am, and <b>more importantly</b> lets me meet people who disagree with me. I blog to find out what I think. Yes, I could do that without blogging — but having a blog makes it easy for me to search for things I’ve written previously.

This works better from me than using del.ic.ious.

Blogging, “thinking aloud”, also lets me meet people who (a) are thinking as I am, and more importantly lets me meet people who disagree with me.

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