Comments on: The Conclusion Illusion: Blogging as Exploration

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 15:26:48 +0000

Amy wrote: “…Writing has always been a crucial part of my thought process. In school, I found I understood lessons better if I took notes, even if I never looked at those notes again. The act of writing helps me think and understand. It helps me explore, clarify, and question…”

My experience, exactly! The act of note-taking triggers an “ownership” process that solidifies your understanding. To me, it often feels like crystals “blooming” out of a super-saturated solution, triggered by the smallest tap on the container wall…

By: Teaching and Developing Online.

Teaching and Developing Online. — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 19:30:26 +0000

The Conclusion Illusion: Blogging as Exploration
On Dec. 1, 2004, The Kitchen: How to Cook a Weblog posted an intriguing open question: Why Do You Blog? (Note: That link is not functioning for me right now, but I�m posting it anyway in case it�s just a…

By: Bill (aka Black River Eagle)

Bill (aka Black River Eagle) — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 13:22:35 +0000

I discovered your blog the other day while researching some info on a posting for my blog. After reading a few of your postings and doing a quick check of your background I added “Contentious” to my blogroll. I personally am terrified of writing for the public (via blogs) but my interest in Digital Divide issues especially for people living in the developing world helped me to recognize that weblogs might assist them to gain a more prominent voice, at least on the web. So I started blogging to help inspire marginalized and disadvantaged young people to use the technology to Speak Up. The results in my sector of the Blogosphere have been just amazing and in a very short period of time.

As I was reading your reasons for blogging I understand that some of those very same mental processes occur in my own head as I write for the web. Whatever reasons compel you to blog please keep at it because what you write might be helping others out there in the Blogoshpere. Sorry about the long comment.

By: Sunil Bajpai

Sunil Bajpai — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 13:15:53 +0000

Enjoyed reading your piece.

To “think things through, and to connect and learn, in public”–and to do so with a written record being created–requires the highest level of intellectual honesty.

I sense that is what makes blogging interesting, for the blogger and the reader.