Learning with the Fang

Graham Wegner has appealed to his ‘learning network’ for some information on how we do our blogging, for a talk he is giving later this month. What a great way to leverage this ‘Web2.0 community’ stuff. So, here goes – my ‘considered response’ to his question:

So, how do you do your blogging? Do you set aside specific time or is it more opportunistic? Do you weave into your work day or add bits and pieces to posts as you go whenever you get to be online?

I say ‘considered’ because the way I do my blogging is usually ’stream of conciousness’ stuff. I am a visual learner and communicator, to say that I am ‘textually challenged’ would be an understatement. That is why most of my blog posts are so short and so cryptic. I use my blog to think out loud in the presence of my rss connected community – and let me tell you, I get much more back than I put out there.

The reason this post comes so late after Graham’s request (6 days is as an eternity to the blogosphere) is that he asked for a ‘considered response’. I have thought a lot about responding, and feel quite intimidated by the length and coherence of other people’s response (especially Stephen’s).

The posts I enjoy making the most are those that start with a photo (on flickr), involve a small amount of writing and link to audio or video of what I am talking about. For example, check this post talking about my son’s band.

So there you have it – opportunistic, stream of conciousness, in the moment.

Bring on the day I can more easily post from my cameraphone with full fidelity, automatic metadata (including gps) and no interference from restrictive telcos.

Fang – Mike Seyfang – LearnDog

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