I may be in the minority — I’m not too keen about the two-blogs approach (one for the neighborhood stuff, and one for the other stuff). Here’s why:
I’ve used a LiveJournal, but stopped posting to it long ago. My life wasn’t that interesting to read about; my thoughts weren’t fleshed out much.
Times haven’t changed.
I do appreciate that Prof. Jarvis has helped me get over my fear of blogging. I told Michele Rabin back in April that I was scared to blog (as in, chicken, paranoid, etc.). Blogging is growing on me, but slowly. Really, really slowly.
As such, if I were told that I must keep two blogs, when I have enough difficulty keeping tabs on one and reminding myself to read my fellow classmates’ posts BEFORE class, then I honestly think I’d be swimming out too far and probably would get caught in the undertow.
I can definitely see that others have their reasons for wanting to keep two blogs. I really, really respect that — they’re better blogs than I am. I’m pretty sure that at this point in the semester, in my schooling, the two-blogs approach is not for me. I’ve really enjoyed learning the tools, I’ve enjoyed reading and posting (but not on a daily basis), and still need someone to hold my hand.
I like the idea about sharing a blog for the interrelated communities, with each of us having a different login for that one blog so we’d know who’s writing what. Unfortunately, I think it would work really well for some communities (south Brooklyn and Harlem, for example), but not so well for others (the various communities we’re covering in Queens are pretty spread out, both topographically and with their own separate issues). But maybe that’s the beauty of it: to go the extra mile to get the topics to weave.
As a copy editor, what I like most about the blogs is that I suppose they afford another opportunity for me to write headlines and check for spelling, grammar and style. I’m just still not so much into the writing, and constantly writing, part. I admit blogs are addicting, but I just simply lack the time to throw all my efforts into that addiction. Sometimes, I wish I did. But most of the time, I’m content just writing for myself and editing for others.
