Wow these people have time

The blogging article which I enjoyed reading the most was the “How I Became an Academic Who Blogs” by Billy Clark the Senior Lecturer from Middlesex University, London. I liked this article because Mr. Clark added the detail that he is a linguist. Being a language lover myself, I was intrigued to see what he had to say about blogs. Later Clark wrote about a blog that he himself became a member of called linguabloggers. I soon found myself clicking on that particular blog link. Once I clicked the link sadly it doesn’t exist anymore. I thought it was nice how he mentioned at the end he ended his blog a few encouraging words of why readers should write a blog, “One of the pleasures of blogging is that you never know how things will develop. Maybe the blog will take off as an educational tool for my students. Maybe even others will benefit from it. Or maybe the interest will be low. It'll be fun finding out.” I really liked the way he made it clear how fun blogging can be, and how blogging can be educational, but also beneficial to know how to use for i.e. as a journal, etc.
Another blog article I found interesting and odd at the same time is titled “Knit Blogging: Considering an Online Community” by Amy E. Earhart a lecturer and coordinator of Instructional Technology at Texas A&M University. It was interesting to read because all the blogs on the Lore website focused mainly on talking about blogs, how they write in them, and how they make their students write in their own blogs. This blog on the other hand focused on Earhart’s love in knitting and how she was able to find a community of knitters within the knitting blog she joined. She spoke directly how she benefited from the blog in that she was able to learn different knitting styles, and how she herself could become a better knitter. The article was odd in that I didn’t know how important blogs can be for so many people on a daily basis.