My first and only post in Hecuba's story, i.e. here, was the one on 1 June. I did 8 blog-posts in the Librarian and the Kitchen, and then I did 21 quite short posts over at Hecuba's Reflections, my Tumblr blog.
So what does all this mean in the context of my reflections in January about blogging and generally about "web 2.0" stuff? I decided then in January not to set myself any blogging targets for 2016, but I know I felt that, if I were going to blog, it was likely to be on the Librarian and the Kitchen. I also talked during #blog12daysxmas about my ongoing addiction to Flickr.
So this month confirmed all of that for me. I didn't set out in June with any plan, and I didn't really know whether I would even try to complete #blogjune. But I did 8 posts on the Librarian and the Kitchen, bringing my ytd total of posts up to 26 - already more than double what I did last year. I am even wondering if in 2016 I will equal my all-time best for that blog in 2008 when I first set it up. A contributing factor to this has certainly been the current course I am doing on Futurelearn, a course which combines history with cooking and historical recipes to be played with. However, only three of the 8 were course-related.
Some people doing #blogjune, I think starting with @librarianidol, pointed to the value of #blogjune in giving a daily snapshot of life for a month. I thought about that, but knew really I didn't need that snapshot. For years my daily snapshot has indeed been a snap, and posted there in Flickr's PAD for me to reflect on at month's end or year's end. And this is what my Tumblr posts reflected in #blogjune. They were short comments focusing on a photo, mostly my PAD but not always. So most of my blogposts (21) were reflections on the photos that document my life. I quite enjoyed doing it and it certainly wasn't a chore. But will I continue doing it? I really doubt it. I'll probably just wait for another opportunity like #blog12daysxmas.
What #blogjune has also confirmed for me is that although I remain very interested in technology and could have blogged about many things (e.g.regular bulletins from the Webbys provide a wealth of new and innovative things to talk about) I no longer have the passion to write about technology. Part of this has to do with my interest having moved away from libraries where technology was and is a critical issue. But I wonder if it is just me, or whether those heady days of endless technological possibilities have now passed for those who remain connected to libraries?
2 comments:
I think the heady days have passed for me too... I write about technology on my teaching blog, but in service of talking about teaching, rather than for the sake of thinking about tech. So it's somehow a bit different. In fact, I spent lots of time writing about analogue things this #blogjune, something I wouldn't have expected several years ago when this blogjune thing started. I've really enjoyed seeing how everyone's interests have diversified.
Your comment is interesting. It is my reflection too and I would be interested in hearing from others who are working right in the field. Because I left libraries, I feel theat change has affected my passion for it. But maybe it wouldn't if I had remained? Had that time passed?
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