Tag Archives: blogging
twitterfail

Blogs Over?

by grlucas on 30. Nov, 2008 in Online

They are so 2004.
According to Paul Boutin, in the November 2008 issue of Wired, personal blogs should be retired. With the dominance of professional blogs, trolls, and time limitations, Twitter seems the obvious choice for the 2008 blogger. He explains:
When blogging was young, enthusiasts rode high, with posts quickly skyrocketing to the top of Google’s [...]

Read full story • Comments Off

New Media’s Golden Mean; Or, How Do I Post to the Blog, Again, Dr. Lucas?

by grlucas on 02. Mar, 2005 in Notes, Online, Teaching

At times knowledge brings merely an enlightened impotence or paralysis. One may know exactly what to do but lack the wherewithal to act. (Winner “Mythinformation” 594)
Janet H. Murray, in her work Hamlet on the Holodeck, discusses the future of narrative within digital environments, and she suggests the importance of “author” to narrative in particular and [...]

Read full story • Comments Off

Writing Excellent Blog Entries

by grlucas on 27. Feb, 2005 in Online, Writing

Lloyd Lemons links to B. L. Ochman’s “How to Write Killer Blog Posts and More Compelling Comments” on her What’s Next Blog. Ochman’s advice is some of the best I’ve read lately, suggesting the deliberate nature of blogging and stressing audience expectations. I can’t follow all of her advice all of the time, like [...]

Read full story • Comments Off

Blogging in Primary Education

by grlucas on 27. Feb, 2005 in Online

Prototype points to Stephen Downes’ “Educational Blogging” on Educause Review. It looks at the yet unspoiled attitudes of primary schoolers on blogging and the Internet. One student states:
The blogs give us a chance to communicate between us and motivate us to write more. When we publish on our blog, people from the entire world can [...]

Read full story • Comments Off
Page 1 of 212