Reactions

After my first venture into the world of blogging I am surprized with the number of comments and the level to which it helped me think about several issues related to communication. Let me share a few of my reactions to all these comments.

First, I was really impressed that people read what I had posted and then reacted. This was a pleasant surprize and did reinforce my view of this new technology as another vehicle for communication. Second, I loved the fact that several people gave me advice on what other things I should do with my blog and I even got an offer to jazz my page up a bit and make it "edgier" - my favorite word. The third and most intriquing issue was related to the pressure to write another blog and to come up with something stimulating and challenging. When I shared this sense of pressure with a professor on campus his reaction really provided some insight. He said,"how wonderful - that is the way we want students to feel".

It is the way we want students to feel. How do I think about things deeply and then write about them in a way that communicates something!!!!! Yes! Exactly! The pressure isn't a bad thing it is a good thing - well now there is a novel thought.

I am still trying to figure out the RSS thing and how to link other bogs to mine but I will get there.