Comments on: An Angsty Anonymous Edublogger’s Lament http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2009/05/21/an-angsty-anonymous-edubloggers-lament/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:37:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Alex Case http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2009/05/21/an-angsty-anonymous-edubloggers-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-14214 Alex Case Sat, 30 May 2009 09:13:08 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/?p=711#comment-14214 Made me chuckle. I kind of understand the feeling. Kind of because I've never been near the C list, but still feel a strange drop in motivation each time my blog stats drop. A couple of days later I usually remember that I actually blog mainly for myself and get over it Made me chuckle. I kind of understand the feeling. Kind of because I’ve never been near the C list, but still feel a strange drop in motivation each time my blog stats drop. A couple of days later I usually remember that I actually blog mainly for myself and get over it

]]> By: Rhondda http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2009/05/21/an-angsty-anonymous-edubloggers-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-14213 Rhondda Fri, 29 May 2009 07:15:02 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/?p=711#comment-14213 A great cartoon. Keep blogging Graham. We are still reading, learning and lurking, although sometimes I am so busy trying to engage other teachers, with the technology and idea of sharing, I neglect to do the things I have n\been encouraging A great cartoon. Keep blogging Graham. We are still reading, learning and lurking, although sometimes I am so busy trying to engage other teachers, with the technology and idea of sharing, I neglect to do the things I have n\been encouraging

]]> By: alexanderhayes http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2009/05/21/an-angsty-anonymous-edubloggers-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-14212 alexanderhayes Thu, 28 May 2009 12:43:51 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/?p=711#comment-14212 Great cartoon ! ...but, what would you do with yourself in between dinner, kids-to-bed and some crap show on the telly ? Surf ? Nah....you keep blogging mate. You may not be fat, balding and seriously demented but when you are you'll know that you've reached the 'A' list. You could always try and delete your blog or go on a sabbatical but you'll always have your sad , lonely, seriously connected buddies to bounce ideas off. Besides, angst ? You ? That's for me to do.....:) Great cartoon !

…but, what would you do with yourself in between dinner, kids-to-bed and some crap show on the telly ?

Surf ?

Nah….you keep blogging mate.

You may not be fat, balding and seriously demented but when you are you’ll know that you’ve reached the ‘A’ list. You could always try and delete your blog or go on a sabbatical but you’ll always have your sad , lonely, seriously connected buddies to bounce ideas off.

Besides, angst ?

You ?

That’s for me to do…..:)

]]> By: Graham Wegner http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2009/05/21/an-angsty-anonymous-edubloggers-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-14209 Graham Wegner Tue, 26 May 2009 12:35:56 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/?p=711#comment-14209 Ideally, Peter, I'd agree with you and the actual stats only interest me to the point where I know that I have a chance of interaction with others on topics of my interest. I know I'm lucky that I do have readers - fortunate coincidental timing on my part, I believe - many bloggers have no option but to write for themselves as regular interaction is not highly likely. There's not much joy to being a node on the network that only broadcasts out and gains insight through lurking - well, that's how I feel anyway. Definitely, write about important topics but the power of the network is in connecting to others who care about the same issues but have alternative or fresh perspectives to share. For example, I learn so much from your insights and it would be good for me to let you that I'm reading a little more often. Ideally, Peter, I’d agree with you and the actual stats only interest me to the point where I know that I have a chance of interaction with others on topics of my interest. I know I’m lucky that I do have readers – fortunate coincidental timing on my part, I believe – many bloggers have no option but to write for themselves as regular interaction is not highly likely. There’s not much joy to being a node on the network that only broadcasts out and gains insight through lurking – well, that’s how I feel anyway. Definitely, write about important topics but the power of the network is in connecting to others who care about the same issues but have alternative or fresh perspectives to share. For example, I learn so much from your insights and it would be good for me to let you that I’m reading a little more often.

]]> By: Peter http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2009/05/21/an-angsty-anonymous-edubloggers-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-14208 Peter Tue, 26 May 2009 01:21:14 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/?p=711#comment-14208 Write about topics you care about and pay no attention to readership statistics. My 2 cents. Write about topics you care about and pay no attention to readership statistics.

My 2 cents.

]]> By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » Stepping On The Intellectual Scale http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2009/05/21/an-angsty-anonymous-edubloggers-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-14207 dy/dan » Blog Archive » Stepping On The Intellectual Scale Mon, 25 May 2009 19:09:25 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/?p=711#comment-14207 [...] Downes, off Graham Wegner's lament: Find an area that you're interested in, blog on it, daily, and then keep doing it for ten years, [...] [...] Downes, off Graham Wegner’s lament: Find an area that you’re interested in, blog on it, daily, and then keep doing it for ten years, [...]

]]> By: Miguel Guhlin http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2009/05/21/an-angsty-anonymous-edubloggers-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-14205 Miguel Guhlin Sun, 24 May 2009 23:28:19 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/?p=711#comment-14205 Great cartoon! Exactly how I feel...I just remind myself that I'm sharing my learning and that waxes and wanes. Laughing, miguel Great cartoon! Exactly how I feel…I just remind myself that I’m sharing my learning and that waxes and wanes.

Laughing,
miguel

]]> By: Graham Wegner http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2009/05/21/an-angsty-anonymous-edubloggers-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-14203 Graham Wegner Sat, 23 May 2009 13:32:47 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/?p=711#comment-14203 I was going to add my voice in here soon after Barbara's comment - and thank you all for dropping by and adding your voice into the mix - but her observation about "distributed spaces" is still the idea that allows me to loosen the grip on this patch of cyberspace that I do feel is a pretty important part of my web presence. Maybe, it's because I like writing as Clay puts it "when moved" and people do gravitate more often to the technologies that fit best with their own preferences. It is still important personally to be a good blogger, for instance, than it is to be a good twitterer (in fact, I am crud at it) but I can be less hung up about the fact that whatever I do online, my own pace and my own take on my little piece of the world is enough without the need for outside tools of measurement. I was going to add my voice in here soon after Barbara’s comment – and thank you all for dropping by and adding your voice into the mix – but her observation about “distributed spaces” is still the idea that allows me to loosen the grip on this patch of cyberspace that I do feel is a pretty important part of my web presence. Maybe, it’s because I like writing as Clay puts it “when moved” and people do gravitate more often to the technologies that fit best with their own preferences. It is still important personally to be a good blogger, for instance, than it is to be a good twitterer (in fact, I am crud at it) but I can be less hung up about the fact that whatever I do online, my own pace and my own take on my little piece of the world is enough without the need for outside tools of measurement.

]]> By: Clay Burell http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2009/05/21/an-angsty-anonymous-edubloggers-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-14202 Clay Burell Sat, 23 May 2009 04:57:22 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/?p=711#comment-14202 Don't I know you from somewhere? JK. Wanna hear a funny? I've been homesick ever since I left Beyond School. If/when we re-unite, it's going to be a honeymoon of just me and my blog, dim lights and candles, wine. Screw the numbers. I miss the writing when moved, instead of (as currently) as required. And console yourself over this one: You don't have to slog through a million policy wonky blogs, all the while missing your old network. It's a great post, Graham. (And hey, you know I'm moving to teach in Singapore in July, right? If you're ever in the neighborhood, give me a yell.) Don’t I know you from somewhere?

JK.

Wanna hear a funny? I’ve been homesick ever since I left Beyond School. If/when we re-unite, it’s going to be a honeymoon of just me and my blog, dim lights and candles, wine. Screw the numbers. I miss the writing when moved, instead of (as currently) as required.

And console yourself over this one: You don’t have to slog through a million policy wonky blogs, all the while missing your old network.

It’s a great post, Graham. (And hey, you know I’m moving to teach in Singapore in July, right? If you’re ever in the neighborhood, give me a yell.)

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