I was never much of a diary keeper and I don’t think I am an inherent blogger. I would classify myself as a lurker, a person who trolls many different discussion boards, websites and blogs, but not a contributor. I’ll occasionally add a comment at the end of an article but I’d never feel comfortable adding to something like Wikipedia. I am an infrequent Facebook poster and a newbie to Twitter. Like many folks, I use social media mostly to keep family members posted on how my kids are growing up.
I definitely needed the prompting of a deadline to get my blog posts done. I doubt I would keep up with a blog without the outside pressure of a class requirement. Unfortunately, I never had the time to post comment on my teammate’s blogs. This limited the collaborative features of the blogs. However, I found the blogs a little redundant with our class discussion board. I spent my time responding to the discussion board instead of replying to the blogs.
I definitely have started to follow more blogs using the RSS feature. I do see some applications of blogs for my work and I plan to try it out in my final project. I’ll keep you posted on how that goes in my final blog entry next week…