Blogging and Shadows
I'll be the first to admit I'm not a hardcore blogger. I don't mind it, but either I'm lazy or I just don't like to shout at the world. Perhaps not the best thing to admit on my blog, but since I haven't posted in well over a week I figured I have to come clean.
Shadows has become my blog. I am starting to I do in Shadows as "blogs" and I'm finding maintaining them takes much less extra effort. These are on Shadows:
I use these pages in two different ways. My user page is like two blogs in one. My tagging activity represents a link blog of everything I find on the web that is of interest to me (except for the few things I choose to mark private). It is much deeper than any linkblog I might actually maintain on my own and it is easy since it is also my personal bookmarking system.
The second part of my user page is an aggregation of my comments inside Shadows. This is a different thing - it reads like a blog, but is perhaps broaders. Since some of my comments are in the movies group, some are on web pages, etc. they cover a broad spectrum of topics. But since I generally try to write thoughtful comments my user page reads like many blogs. And it is updated naturally as well, since as I am adding comments as a browse the web and save pages - well except for when I am participating in a group. But I'm participating in groups because they are interesting and I have something to say that might be relevant. It's an added bonus that my participation is then included in my user page. It's almost like my user page is my Shadows blog.
Of course the content on my user page is an aggregate of personal and professional. I think it probably gives a pretty deep insight into my personality and perhaps some people find it useful or entertaining. But for work (on Shadows) I have other requirements. This blog, for instance, is really about communicating developments in Shadows and talking about what we are up to. Along with providing my thoughts on various Web 2.0 related stuff. But, as I am sure you have noticed, it is very Shadows-centric.
When we introduced groups to Shadows a few weeks ago we created a Shadows group. Groups in some ways act like community blogs: a central place for discussion and the aggregation of interesting links. On the Shadows group, I have started posting quick summaries of all the new releases and what's in them. A few people have responded with ideas or comments. It works quite well.
Shadows has become my blog. I am starting to I do in Shadows as "blogs" and I'm finding maintaining them takes much less extra effort. These are on Shadows:
I use these pages in two different ways. My user page is like two blogs in one. My tagging activity represents a link blog of everything I find on the web that is of interest to me (except for the few things I choose to mark private). It is much deeper than any linkblog I might actually maintain on my own and it is easy since it is also my personal bookmarking system.
The second part of my user page is an aggregation of my comments inside Shadows. This is a different thing - it reads like a blog, but is perhaps broaders. Since some of my comments are in the movies group, some are on web pages, etc. they cover a broad spectrum of topics. But since I generally try to write thoughtful comments my user page reads like many blogs. And it is updated naturally as well, since as I am adding comments as a browse the web and save pages - well except for when I am participating in a group. But I'm participating in groups because they are interesting and I have something to say that might be relevant. It's an added bonus that my participation is then included in my user page. It's almost like my user page is my Shadows blog.
Of course the content on my user page is an aggregate of personal and professional. I think it probably gives a pretty deep insight into my personality and perhaps some people find it useful or entertaining. But for work (on Shadows) I have other requirements. This blog, for instance, is really about communicating developments in Shadows and talking about what we are up to. Along with providing my thoughts on various Web 2.0 related stuff. But, as I am sure you have noticed, it is very Shadows-centric.
When we introduced groups to Shadows a few weeks ago we created a Shadows group. Groups in some ways act like community blogs: a central place for discussion and the aggregation of interesting links. On the Shadows group, I have started posting quick summaries of all the new releases and what's in them. A few people have responded with ideas or comments. It works quite well.
