Comments about this Process

I thought at this point, after having wrapped up my seemingly failed work, I should comment about this process.

First, I really ran out of time. Due to the [welcomed] intervention of outside forces the focus of my work shifted mid-course. While this was a fantastic opportunity to really explore the blogosphere and the people in it due to time contstaints it really derailed my timeline.

Second, blogging about blogs in this format (a finite undergraduate project) was difficult in the sense that it was hard to produce coherent thought from day to day. In spite of my best intentions and efforts, the things that went on in between each post (some of which were positive and exiciting) it made it very difficult to 'stick to the plan'. While this complaint could apply to any project it seems to have had a particular affect on this project due to the nature of blogging.

Third, did you read this backwards? If so, that was strange eh? If not, naughty naughty. The question of "how is somebody going to read this" plagued me throughout the process. When an author writes a paper, he or she can be sure that a reader is going to read things (if not everything) in a certain order. It would be unnatural to do anything else. With this blog, it's almost natural to read it backwards (top down). Very difficult to come to terms with as the author.

Fourth, it's difficult to stick to the traditional academic format and vocabulary on a blog. After reading dozens of blogs a night I routinely found myself writting witty, terse comments instead of insightful academic, big worded, double-talk...see what I mean?

In any event. This excercise was very enlightening. I'm not sure how successful my hypothesis was. I'm not sure another person couldn't have done a much better job. Still, as I said, I found it very interesting and hope some other people will too.