Shannon hit me with the digital social pressure to do this blogging challenge. So I guess I’ll do it for her.
Why did you start blogging in the first place?
I had never even considered blogging until I started working at UMW. I signed up for Domain of One’s Own after a push from…maybe Ryan Brazell? Maybe Jim Groom? Not totally sure.
What platform are you using to manage your blog and why do you use it?
WordPress – it’s the only CMS I’ve every known.
Have you blogged on other platforms before?
I had a LiveJournal account but I don’t think I ever posted anything, except comments on my friends’ blog.
How do you write your posts?
Generally I don’t? I have never regularly blogged. Usually I’m writing edtech guides these days.
When do you feel most inspired to write?
The last time I felt really inspired to blog was immediately after the pineapple incident. I posted that on Facebook initially and then moved it over to my blog.
I remember often getting the urge to write, and starting to compose the story in my head long before I sat down to start writing. I don’t get that as much anymore.
Do you normally publish immediately after writing, or do you let it simmer a bit?
I mean, I usually don’t write, but when I do I publish pretty quickly.
What’s your favorite post on your blog?
Well now I have to go back and read them all.
It was super nostalgic to read back through the posts. There aren’t that many, but they really took me back.
I still really enjoy the pineapple story. It almost feels like it was written by someone else. Most of what I write now are emails and guides, so there’s not much room for that kind of prose.
The 100 word stories I wrote for Digital Pedagogy Lab are fun. I wouldn’t mind writing more of those.
But I think my favorite post is this guide to booking spaces on campus. I never actually used it for training purposes, so it was a lot of wasted work time, and it is super not accessible. I just posted here privately to test how it looked on a website before bagging the whole idea. But I had a lot of fun making it, and it still makes me laugh, so I went ahead and published it so I can enjoy it the next time I go down this rabbit hole.
I miss the old style Bitmojis.
Any future plans for the blog?
This post is the most action my blog has seen in years, so I don’t want to go around making any bold promises.
Who will participate next?
I’m super not keyed into who blogs these days. Maybe Andréa Livi Smith? Looks like she posted once in 2024, so that’s good enough for me. You just got tagged, Smith!