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To blog or not to blog
Laura M. | Oct 28 2005
Every time I see the "Hacer" title I feel compelled to do something, whatever, to fill it in. Very Gestaltic. Anyway, my question is, do you blog? Don't you think blogging takes away a lot of the time you could be using more productively in other things? Do you ever worry about who will read your blog? Does a blog no one reads exists? I remember once reading that example for personal websites. If no one reads your blog, does your ego will take it badly? ;) In my usual slow way of reacting, I've been thinking about the utility of having a blog when I can just pester people around with my comments on their blogs or on boards. 11 Comments
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 Glad you enjoyed it Laura....Submitted by nickg on November 2, 2005 - 8:54pm.
Glad you enjoyed it Laura. (ricki lake audience voice)Go Laura, go Laura..! Don't be afraid - play with the language. Write fake TV scripts, photojournalism, whatever. Write about what you enjoy - it's easier.. There's no reason why what you write on your blog has to be 100% truthful .. nothing wrong with playful information warfare, deception, use of disinformation.. ;) For an interesting blog by someone interested in the 'ppresentation of self in mediated social contexts to an unknown audience' check out Danah Boyd's apophenia: making connections where none previously existed From Danah's "who the hell is Danah blurb": My name is danah boyd and i'm a Ph.D. student at SIMS - UC Berkeley and a Researcher at Yahoo! Research Berkeley. I'm interested in how people negotiate their presentation of self in mediated social contexts to an unknown audience. I study emergent social technologies that incorporate social networks, identity representation, sharing and performance (Friendster, blogging, IM...). I focus heavily on youth culture. This blog offers some of the random things that go through my mind as well as things that fascinate me. » POSTED IN:
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