“This is the end, beautiful friend,” sang Jim Morrison in “The End” long ago. “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end,” sang Semisonic in “Closing Time” a few years ago. These were the lyrics running through my head

“This is the end, beautiful friend,” sang Jim Morrison in “The End” long ago. “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end,” sang Semisonic in “Closing Time” a few years ago. These were the lyrics running through my head

I feel for academics who blog because they’re held to a much higher standard than the rest of us. One thing I like about Danah’s blog is that her blog reflects her as a *whole* person – not just a scholar or professional or whatever.

I think we readers have to ask ourselves a few questions about the nature of our expectations and where that comes from. I remember reading something here one time and saying to myself “how can she say that? she should be more…” and then caught myself. I caught myself thinking I actually know and understand something meaningful about Danah just from reading this blog. But all I really know is a construction filtered through my own subjectivity and informed by my ideas and ideals of what Danah represents. When she (or any other blogger I read) says something that goes against my perception my response is often to question where she’s coming from rather than challenge the idea of her I’ve created.

I think all readers of blogs have to examine their own responses to blogs and the nature of our expectations (of expectation in general).

I feel for academics who blog because they’re held to a much higher standard than the rest of us. One thing I like about Danah’s blog is that her blog reflects her as a *whole* person – not just a scholar or professional or whatever.

I think we readers have to ask ourselves a few questions about the nature of our expectations and where that comes from. I remember reading something here one time and saying to myself “how can she say that? she should be more…” and then caught myself. I caught myself thinking I actually know and understand something meaningful about Danah just from reading this blog. But all I really know is a construction filtered through my own subjectivity and informed by my ideas and ideals of what Danah represents. When she (or any other blogger I read) says something that goes against my perception my response is often to question where she’s coming from rather than challenge the idea of her I’ve created.

I think all readers of blogs have to examine their own responses to blogs and the nature of our expectations (of expectation in general).