galloway: why i blog
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My colleague Kristoffer Greaves has discussed why he uses Twitter. Only yesterday, another colleague asked how I use my blog.
Here is what I said.
http://katgallow.blogspot.com.au/
My blog is a work space where I can 'park' smaller units of work or semi-formed ideas until I have time to write about them. I write about ideas
from books I read and relate the ideas to contemporary events as a way of consolidating my understanding and effectively keeping a
combination journal/annotated bibliography.
I also use it to communicate my ideas to more diverse audiences. I've sent posts to my PhD supervisors, to conference delegates and I post them on Twitter (which reaches non-academic audiences) and on my subject site for students.
Engaging with broader
audiences is important to me. I
seem to manage (somehow,
considering the sometimes dry
subject matter!) to engage a wide
range of people in these ideas. From
this I can get a sense of having a
broader community
impact.
I use it to learn about and play in the digital space. I've learned a lot about social media and technology, as well as new ways of measuring impact in the academic context.