What kind of blogs do you appreciate most and why:
1) Careful and diplomatically crafted technological and research information - usually disseminated unidirectionally where all hypotheses and methods work magically and successfully... or
2) The real shit: what you expect, feel, failures, frustrations, lessons learned, advice for others, not perfect, but fun and essentially human?.. or
3) A discussion group with real feedback, or, ... unidirectional progress reports?
Pick 1, 2, 3 or any combination. Make up new categories. That's even better.
Many thanks for your feedback.
Blogs... what do you want? https://www.researchgate.net/post/Blogs_what_do_you_want_and_what_do_you_expect And yes, my 93 year old mother in law: way cool. Utmost respect for her. — feeling cool.
Hi David, this is a great question!
I've been a blogger for the past 4 years, and from my experience I think that I'd prefer #2 or 3. You can always find #1 on a company website, but I think that blogging is really about relaying personal experience and bringing a community together around a specific topic. That's why so many businesses now have blogs on their websites, to add that essential human "touch", differentiating their business from those where customers are answered by an automated voice message.
I've just started my journey in research, and to document all of that, I've started my very own research blog that you can check out here- https://aartibodasresearch.blog/
I started this blog after realizing that a lot of personal growth happens as people learn to become better researchers, regardless of their area of expertise. Once they've finished their education, there may be so much that they've experienced in their research process which they can continue to learn about and reflect on, and their students may also learn from as well. I also think it would fun if, in ten years, I could look back on this to see how far I'v come. But to do that, I need to capture my thoughts, experiences and learning in an adequate way and I think blogging is perfect for that.
I hope all of this helps!
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