In all honesty I think that blogging was probably my least favorite part of this class. I normally try not to be too opinionated and I don’t like to verbalize my opinions publicly like this. I think that strong opinions are often a source of contention and offense and I like to be face to face with someone when I talk about my impressions and observations. I like it to be an open discussion where I can hear the thoughts of whoever I am talking to. I don’t like this form of discourse by Fignewton – take it or leave it. I like to talk about these things a lot more than i enjoying bloging about them.
I tend to be a little bit more private as well and I sometimes hesitate in writing about stories and experiences from my life on my blog page. I don’t know who my audience is. I don’t know who is going to stumble upon one of my blogs one day and I don’t like thinking that pieces of my personal story are floating freely in cyberspace.
I also feel like blogging is a little bit self centered. I’m the one doing all the talking and it all comes from my perspective and tis all about me. Sometimes I feel like it turns into an exercise in blah blah blogging type rambles. I’ve come across lots of different types of blogs during my internet using days and sometimes it just seems like people are blowing steam or rambling just for the sake of keeping their blog alive. It was said in class that lots of people begin blogging with the thought that they have lots to say but once they begin they find that there isn’t much to write about. I think I would run into that problem if I were to continue this blog. I would run out of things that I wanted to tell cyberspace. I’m a pretty talkative person and I hardly ever run out of things to say to people, but if I were to be posting information to an unknown audience, I would quickly run out to things I am willing to share.
This blogging in class has been a good exercise though. I learned how to blog and a lot more about it that I didn’t know before. But it was especially effective in helping me to think about the concepts and ideas we were discussing outside of class. I think it was an effective teaching device but I as a whole I don’t think I will continue to blah blah blog.
