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see????? nothing here…..   I actually had to post something here to make the category appear, but im sure u get the drift……

the impressions we leave

Footsteps, trails, maps, comments. The comments we make on each others blogs lead into a conversation, and a new world of possibility.

Zannie and Shari have already trippled my blogging capacity by adding a comment, not because of the amount of links they provided, although that is part of it, but because they have engaged in a discourse that allows 3 minds to be working simultaneously on a single thought… creating much more than a single thought and taking the authorship from ‘me’ to ‘us’.

is there such a thing as slightly less relevant in blogging?

I just wanted to demonstrate that nothing in blogging is irrelevant. Every thought or comment we make holds a place in the process. Our personal feelings and thoughts bring our blogs alive, transforming what could easily become sterile and boring into something equally fun to write as it is to read. As you will see if you go to the totally irrelevant just random thoughts section- it is empty.

Our random thoughts are integral to the process of blogging, adding to the experience and enjoyment, and  give academic bloggers a more personable and approachable  format in which to work, that draws people in to their lives, as well as their ideas.

2 days to go…

Well I am almost at the end of my blogging essay. In just a short time i have explored how blogging is densly interlinked, and that the way in which a blog can grow is diverse, but equally effective.

Whether using vlogs, pictures, short posts, long pages, comments and replies, few or many links, overall the basis of our blogs reflects entirely on us. We are feeding each other and 2.0 is allowing this discourse to stretch the branches of this global tree.

whats in a word

In response to the thoughts of publishing poetry online by zannie, i have to add that 2.0 has taken creative writing online one step further, by allowing interactivity with the author; the given ability of commenting and adding feedback, even to the point of being able to edit each others work in collaboration like a wiki, writing has taken on a whole new form.

The interactivity of storytelling has also been researched as a thesis by one of the authors of the quote this blog/essay is based on, Jill Walker.

Walker explores the ability to create a fictional character online, where everyone is an author. Its a fascinating exploration that shows in great depth the level on which 2.0 has altered the way in which we write.

Riding the surf trail

Bloggers leave a trail. A map of where they have been, and clues to where they are going. An online adventure, a pathway with multiple choices, that each person can view and play along with, creating their own path as they go.

The links within individual sites become heavily imbedded the more people jump on the wave, and the blog increases in its density, thickening and widening, spreading like the plague.

Anders Fagerjord aptly named this communications practice as a surftrail. (For interests sake and some amusement, Anders actually posted a very interesting post on his blog tue 24 Jan 2005, on ‘why are links blue?’

I find this fascinating, and am glad myself and my classmates are not the only ones pondering this question:)

Back to the topic, I agree with Evan Williams of Blogger fame, in regards to his three part blog concept: Frequency, Brevity and Personality. These three things make the surftrail come to life, and entice others to join in.

A blog contains a variety of regular posts that are relevant to the topic, that retain personality, and reflect a journal style of thought collecting, allowing other people to engage within the blog, and hold their interest. They encourage feedback and shared thoughts- for this is the real basis of 2.0, and the surftrail begins.

Sunday Bloody Sunday

My head hurts.

Sunday mornings should be relaxed and pleasurable, not painful and thumping.

To aleviate this unpleasantness i am going to lay down and read, and attend to my blog later.

The plan for today is to search blog sites for anyone else that may be writing a similar or non the less interesting blog about blogging, or academic discourse on a related topic, and start sharing my love around.

I would like to start a conversation and try to get a little feedback on my own blogging thoughts.

blog vs academic blog…

please define an academic blog… i know a blog is an online log of me.. an academic blog should predominantly be an online log of academic thoughts by me. I am feeling that without any personal additives, this could easily become a very sterile blog that no one wants to read. This essay would argue that the whole basis of the 2.0 phenomenom relies on the personality that one brings to their blog, in order to create a community that extends beyond your own self.

So.

Just to keep it real, walk with me. I have spent all day on n off researching and writing my page on 2.0, looking for a new place to live, struggling with my radio doco that is due on wednesday, doing over due housework and the better part of the night trying very hard to get drunk.

I wanted to share this with you.

If you are out there reading this, please send me some luv and read my pages, add a thought or send a smile.

Here is a pic of me right now eating cheese n tomato on toast, 1.29am, still unable to relax from my duties as a blogger 

note- by the time i got my cam to work i had finished my cheese on toast so i just took a pic of me and my little mate jamal who supports my enthusiasm and late night study efforts xx

the quote

what is the quote????

no internet? no blog post.

My internet went down yesterday afternoon, reason unknown to me. It really reinforced my reliance on the internet. I cant live without it and i sure as hell cant write this essay without it!!

Point being, if your whole world exists in your blog (such as this essay) and you have technical problems, you are more or less screwed, or destined to the less desirable atmosphere of an internet cafe in the midle of the night when you have that flash of inspiration that says “write a post!!!!!!”

This could be an interesting poing in the world of blogging.. if your whole world exists online in your blog, how would you cope without it?

I did not cope well. I feel like this globalized world is becoming so accustomed to having unlimited reach; to be able to communicate so easily across space and time, that if we had a major technical problem due to weather or war, we may possibly go into some sort of regression and withdrawal