Back in the day when blogs were just starting out, I started my own blog which I recall having the same address as my current management blog. I recall having one post in which I ranked my top ten set of favorite models. After four years of neglect my blog managed to disappear from the face of the internets. So here is my second attempt at blogging. I like to attribute the popularity of blogs to the belief that one has something important to say and everyone should hear it. From my limited experience (my first attempt at blogging) it doesn't seem to work in application. You may blog vigorously about your day, but who is the recipient? Does anyone actually read your entries. From the comments section of your posts the answer seems to be an overwhelming no.
The blogging assignment for this management class at least resolves this situation. My favorite part of the blogging assignment was the response to our classmates entries as well as reading of the comments to my entries. Finally, at least our thoughts had an audience and a sense of Communication formed. Because we wrote our entries and comments through the safety provided behind a computer screen, this engendered an honest and open dialogue that may not have been possible in a classroom. Since we each established our seats pretty early in the semester, we got the chance to participate with the same people in the class activities. It was therefore nice to get to know them through their blog entries, away from the formalities of the classroom assignments.
I was particularly struck by the informality and dialogue fostered in the classroom. Rarely is that seen at Baruch. There was active participation and everyone's comments were welcomed both by the professor and our classmates. I didn't know why this sense of community developed but now I realize that it can most probably be attributed to the Communication developed through the blogging assignments.
Would I recommend continuing this for the future? Yes, with a minor adjustment: Less emphasis on deadlines for entries and comments. A suggestion, which could of course be dismissed.
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First of all, let me say that you write very well lol. Are you an english major?
ReplyDeleteBut back on topic, it's interesting to hear that you have held a blog before. You seemed disappointed with writing a blog and having little to no people comment. I believe that that is not the point of blogging, well at least not the main point. Instead the blogging experience is to provide a source where you can freely express any event, emotion, idea that you may have. It is a personal diary made public so people can see what is going on in your world. Believe it or not, whether people respond or not, there is a viewer or follower that just so happens to come across and reads your blog. Do not be discouraged and feel a blog needs to specifically satisfy a certain individual; rather, that individual to satisfy by blogging would be YOU.