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Better blogging will include now only the links to other sites and other blogs, but it will start to include comments about the sites and blogs, an analysis in a sense. An analysis of the content of the blog and the links can grow to reflective writing which may be the comments.
Blogging potential is maximized when analysis includes synthesis with deep understanding and produces a long term conversation. Now we getting close to the strength of blogging: discussions over time that add to the knowledge base of ourselves and others.
Of course, when we start using other blogs as our references and resources, our credibility will depend on the credibility of the other blogs. Knowing the author and the author's credentials is the best: profession, peer references, public recognition, institutional connections to list a few. Does the writing itself seem credible, or is the logic flawed and stretched beyond the limits of reasonability. That does not make moderates more truthful.
As you develop your blog, or your second or third blog, learning and improving with each step, never forget to advance the art of using blogs to affect others, to engage in meaningful discussion, to advance knowledge, and to affect learning.
I'm only now starting to get an "inkling" (love that word choice, by the way!) of the potential of blogging. I really came into this thinking of it as simply an online journal. But as I start to look into the art of blogging, I see what you mean - it can be so much more. I think my challenge will be to consider this practice as a long-term goal. I'm quite excited about the possibilities, both professionally and personally.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Denvy!