Thanks to Stephen Downes, who publishes a daily digest of what's going on in the world of e-learning, I came across this post that's a reflection on a blogger's blogging habits and some of the obstacles he faces. I thought you might find it useful. Here's a short excerpt:
I think any blogger would agree: it’s not exactly a cake walk to blog for the long term. I’ve been at this for under a year, and several times thought about throwing in the towel. While we all have different criteria for success, surely an inactive blog means the writer found something better to do.I thought I would recount the various reasons why I nearly quitting blogging, so perhaps others can learn from my experiences and rationalizations behind continuing.
The rest of the post looks at some specific obstacles and his responses to them. While it might get a little geeky in places, I think his reflection is useful to a beginning blogger. I hope you agree.
Keep up the amazing work, y'all. I already feel like this AI is successful -- and we're still in the pre-institute work phase. Well done. (Now, that said, don't stop.)
PS -- Not that you don't have enough to read, write and think about, but you might consider adding Stephen's OLDaily to your aggregators. It's consistently interesting and relevant to folks who are thinking about being online with students' and our own thinking.
