Tag Archives: blogs

We do it because we need to

By alex | Published: 12/30/2004
A brief article in Inside Higher Ed does a gloss on humanities bloggers: None of these bloggers earn any money off their sites, and they pay for any technology they need (although that’s usually less than $100 a year). Their commitment is evident when they laugh at the question of finances with regard to their […]
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Shark jumping

By alex | Published: 11/27/2004
When I started my job three years ago, people (who shall remain nameless) suggested that blogs were an interesting diversion, but would never be a subject of serious academic study. “Why not study decision support systems?” And while it has been nice to see wide coverage in the press, this just served to support the […]
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Blogexplosion

By alex | Published: 11/25/2004
Bunch of people have posted about Blogexplosion. It’s a way to randomly encounter new weblogs, and also to drive (random) traffic to your own site. I recently came into discussion with someone about the idea of “public weblogging,” that is weblogs that are kept for a fairly public audience. My weblog is a public weblog. […]
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2004 Academic Weblog Awards: Nominations

By alex | Published: 11/20/2004
Notice that there is no “Scholarly Blog” category for the 2004 weblog awards. Given some recent interest in the area, this sounds like something there _should_ be, if only so that we have a better grasp of what people think is important in an academic weblog. So I propose you make such nominations here. I […]
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