getting started
Think back to how you looked at these matters at the beginning of this course.- Think back to how you thought about blogs and wikis at the beginning of this course Go to the archives of your personal blog and read a few entries, and take note of what you noticed, what you valued and why you valued it.
Since the time when you wrote those entries,
- What's changed about the way you now understand blogs or wikis - and how?
- an example of the change
- What's stayed the same - and why?
- an example of what's stayed the same
How are you spending your time on your projects?
- Checking everyday. Looking for inspiration to write.
projects
What's going well? What's going better than expected?What's going not so well? What unexpected problems have you encountered?
- No audience.
- Haven't been able to get my blog out there. Considering my options, mainly commenting on well known blogs to get people to link back to me.
What are you going to do next?
- Going to start writing on Helium and reposting every article I write there on blog.
writing spaces
Has keeping a blog/writing in a wiki changed your writing habits, and if so how?- I have been saving draft blogs and going back to finish them, not something I usually do.
Has keeping a blog/writing in a wiki twigged you into developing any new writing practices?
- A little. My opinion shows more in what I write than normally.
Has keeping a blog/writing in a wiki twigged you into developing any new writing strategies? that is, have you found yourself encountering new ways of addressing the new writing situations, eg: how you respond to others on a collaborative blog, or how to write a critique of a piece of writing posted to a wiki?
- I write better with a deadline. Having no real deadline for my blog allows me to slack. I am a master procrastinator, and no deadline is bad. I'm starting to put a deadline on my blog for me.
Has keeping a blog/writing in a wiki twigged you into experimenting with any new forms or genres of writing - either traditionally recognized (the sonnet; the aphorism....) or (purportedly) new (the list, the linked essay...)
- Linking is new to me. I've been slipping in links more and more with my blog posts.
Has keeping a blog/writing in a wiki changed your understanding of writing, or your understanding of your self as a language user?
- Not so much.
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realm of usefulness
As you see it now, how might you use a blog or wiki to support what kind of writing?These look good to me:
- research / academic writing and publishing
- general online presence: news, reporting, commentary
- online collaborative projects (wikipedia, etc)
- support
- publishing
- teaching
generative questions
You're now approaching a level of expertise that allow you to address these questions with some authority. So- A blog is a personal writing space on the internet, allowing one's opinions and writing style to be expressed unchecked. It is a way of getting a writer noticed, experienced with publishing, and helps define their style.
- A wiki is mainly a communal writing space, allowing multiple opinions and styles to mesh as well as their knowledge be placed in a collected form. It's also suspiciously communist.
- Response online has the potential to be greater and more in depth than the response a written paper gets offline.
- Broader range for a potential audience and easier access for editing
- It seems to be more personal when handwritten as opposed to typed on a computer. More thought and effort seems to be given into writing by hand, requiring legibility and more concentration on getting it right the first time.
- Speed seems to be the only thing for me.
and so
- It's addicting and more fun than I expected. I want to write but have nothing to write now.
- My online anonymity.
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