tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post6808492626637308512..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: Blogging thoughts, Dr. Crazy, and why pseudonymity at this late dateundinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-26137270931546515252016-04-14T16:05:03.202-07:002016-04-14T16:05:03.202-07:00Belle--I"m sorry you got burned by blogging u...Belle--I"m sorry you got burned by blogging under a pseudonym. It's true: the real name blog and Undine are both me, but different parts. Thanks for the vote of confidence!undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-75311302840235748192015-06-07T15:57:02.913-07:002015-06-07T15:57:02.913-07:00I'm all about multiple voices in the blog worl...I'm all about multiple voices in the blog world (does anybody say blogiverse anymore???). Unlike Crazy, I don't think tenure provides that kind of safety to speak out, having been badly burned by this just one year ago. I keep blogging under a pseudonym, and will for the foreseeable future. That said, I do have a RLName blog coming up soon. But the pseudonym is another version of me - just as you noted. So please please please keep snarking and critiquing and thinking online!Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849272391043604637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-31350278817262050642015-05-26T12:27:53.413-07:002015-05-26T12:27:53.413-07:00Flavia--Thanks! That's interesting about peopl...Flavia--Thanks! That's interesting about people recognizing you from your blog and mentioning it at conferences, and it makes sense to bridge the semipseudonymous gap in that case. I don't know if anyone recognizes me from the blog (no one has mentioned it), but that's always a possibility, for sure. <br /><br />Z--good point about professional blogs. The thing is that a lot of times they're just the publicity arm of the academic enterprise, which means that the blogs sometimes just repeat ideas developed at more length in journals, which, as you say, makes the journals more interesting. That's only going to increase as academics are encouraged to "promote their brand," which is about 50% of Twitter.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-7307636554437272682015-05-26T12:00:14.579-07:002015-05-26T12:00:14.579-07:00Notorious--on the redirect issue: Thanks for letti...Notorious--on the redirect issue: Thanks for letting me know. This happened to me the other day and is apparently happening to a lot of people; the problem is Sitemeter. <br /><br />I removed Sitemeter and reinstalled the template the other day, so this shouldn't be happening now. <br /><br />If it still happens after you refresh the page, though (so that there is no Sitemeter at the bottom of the page), let me know--thanks!undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-65891086688874452562015-05-26T11:56:26.820-07:002015-05-26T11:56:26.820-07:00My blog was not even conceived of as an academic b...My blog was not even conceived of as an academic blog, much less a professional one. I don't really read professional blogs -- I will use them as a resource sometimes, but not follow them, they are not as interesting as journals.Zhttp://profacero.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-20010360999839571252015-05-26T11:04:32.546-07:002015-05-26T11:04:32.546-07:00Notorious - I just checked my blog on my phone, co...Notorious - I just checked my blog on my phone, computer, and had hubby check it on his phone. I think the issue is on your end, because it's showing up fine here. Then again, I didn't quit the browser. I'll double check. But this blog is showing up fine for me, too, so it might be a virus or something on your end, Notorious. Thanks for the heads up, and I'll remain vigilant. Fie upon this quiet life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12047096700049201873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-44827536904852241432015-05-26T10:37:41.798-07:002015-05-26T10:37:41.798-07:00Hey -- I noticed something about your blog: it see...Hey -- I noticed something about your blog: it seems to be redirecting automatically. Not sure what's going on there, but Fie's is screwing up, too. If mine starts going, I may finally switch to Wordpress. ::sigh::Notorious Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-59765262551375181802015-05-26T07:33:27.638-07:002015-05-26T07:33:27.638-07:00I think whatever works for you, works for you. My ...I think whatever works for you, works for you. My voice and persona are still different on my blog than they are in places *really* attached to my professional identity, but I don't write with as much freedom as I did when I was (or believed myself to be) fully pseudonymous. <br /><br />But that had been changing for a while anyway--I think it was around Year Two that I started meeting people at conferences who already knew who I was--so eventually I decided it was better to be able to reap the limited professional benefits of being tied to my blog than to both be constrained AND not be able to reap them! Still, though I don't want a fully professional blog, I'm still figuring out how to write in this mode.<br /><br />The blogosphere contains multitudes. Write however and as whomever you like. I for one will be reading!Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-74548881816531396182015-05-25T19:11:04.673-07:002015-05-25T19:11:04.673-07:00Earnest English--I hear you about not owning posts...Earnest English--I hear you about not owning posts and feel somewhat the same. I read through a bunch of my old posts today in writing this one, and mostly they would be all right. But I'd hate to have colleagues combing through them to find things to be offended by, which could happen. undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-4593515416222400242015-05-25T19:08:29.890-07:002015-05-25T19:08:29.890-07:00Fie--I take huge breaks (like months at a time fro...Fie--I take huge breaks (like months at a time from FB), so this is actually a more consistent place. Your comment made me realize that there are actually 3 voices: this one, which is the least constrained; FB, which is a little like the voice here but more restrained; and the professional blog.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-7157849051407987502015-05-25T19:06:34.095-07:002015-05-25T19:06:34.095-07:00Stacey--Thanks! I try to keep the professional blo...Stacey--Thanks! I try to keep the professional blog interesting and mostly post quirky things that interest me about my research area. But since it's professional (if somewhat informal), it feels more like work than this does--constraining, as you said. undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-74474933984928845702015-05-25T19:04:00.565-07:002015-05-25T19:04:00.565-07:00Notorious--I'm looking forward to your picture...Notorious--I'm looking forward to your pictures from Blargistan (and even after that won't have a clue who you are in real life). Oddly enough, I'm less worried about what I've posted (what are they going to do to me at this point?) than that my RL identity would be somehow not congruent for my blog community. undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-32208281961012232272015-05-25T18:20:25.790-07:002015-05-25T18:20:25.790-07:00Pseudonymity is good. Most of the things I want t...Pseudonymity is good. Most of the things I want to post I don't want to own. I love that the blog is a place I don't have to be temperate. Stay with us, Undine!Earnest Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947000435270263070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-53294534610356432492015-05-25T17:10:46.356-07:002015-05-25T17:10:46.356-07:00I don't want to fully out myself, even after t...I don't want to fully out myself, even after tenure. Like you said, there are a lot of things you can do on an anonymous blog that you can't do on a professional blog. There are different audiences and different voices. I like the creative space way too much to give it up, even though I worry about it having a negative impact at some point. But I always shrug and think, "Well, if this blog forces me to do something else, all right then." <br /><br />I like this blog and I have no idea who you are IRL. I hope you keep writing here. If you want to be FB friends, you should email me. The insanity continues at least a couple of times a day on the FB. ;) Fie upon this quiet life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12047096700049201873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-8969288249151838002015-05-25T16:47:50.899-07:002015-05-25T16:47:50.899-07:00I enjoy your posts here, too, Undine! I'd mis...I enjoy your posts here, too, Undine! I'd miss them (but of course now I'm curious what you do post on the professional blog). I tried to do a professional blog, but it was just too constraining. I kept thinking I had to keep up the output and thoughtfulness of Dean Dad or Tenured Radical, or others...Stacey Lee Donohuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11247602168205239028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-26387204180055713442015-05-25T15:54:54.459-07:002015-05-25T15:54:54.459-07:00I'm going semi-pseudonymous: I'm not offic...I'm going semi-pseudonymous: I'm not officially outing myself, but I'm not taking any effort to cover my tracks anymore. This means I can talk about my research, but not about departmental dirty laundry.<br /><br />And I can post pictures from Blargistan without having to camouflage them!Notorious Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-11242539948171598602015-05-25T09:54:38.950-07:002015-05-25T09:54:38.950-07:00Thanks, Dame Eleanor! When I started putting toge...Thanks, Dame Eleanor! When I started putting together the list of what I don't post on the official blog, I realized that this is the space where I post to entertain myself (and a few readers). Since I don't keep a journal, this is the creative space.<br /><br />I wish we could set blogs to randomly cycle through old post, but I don't know how. undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-77302616634731601232015-05-25T09:32:43.557-07:002015-05-25T09:32:43.557-07:00Please keep posting here! And thanks for the list...Please keep posting here! And thanks for the list of past favorites. Sometimes I think we should just set our blogs (can you do this?) to randomly cycle through the old stuff.Dame Eleanor Hullhttp://dameeleanorhull.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com