Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Blogversity - An Attempt at a Meme
The discussion on well-known library bloggers made me wonder -- what do people read outside the library field? I never get to play the meme game with anyone, so thought I'd attempt to start my own...
Here are five random picks out of the non-library blogs I follow:
The Lipstick Chronicles - (mild nsfw warning) is pretty much just for fun. Written by four authors who "write books that combine elements of chick lit, mystery and romance," it gets into the writing process, kids, sex, family, books, and whatever else have you.
Barbara's Blog: Barbara Ehrenreich Comments on Working in America - If you've found her books interesting, you'll probably also find her blog interesting, although it's only updated sporadically.
Bitch Ph.D. - Academia, parenting, and feminism, what's not to like?
Boing Boing - I admit that I wait for Boing Boing to approach a couple hundred new posts, then do a massive skim. But the mix of fun, weird, and thought-provoking pointers make it worth dropping by.
Inkygirl: Daily Diversions for Writers - Thoughts on the publishing process, mixed with cartoons.
So what do you read that's absolutely not library-related? If you're a library blogger reading this, consider yourself tagged, and tag your own post fiveblogs.
Here are five random picks out of the non-library blogs I follow:
The Lipstick Chronicles - (mild nsfw warning) is pretty much just for fun. Written by four authors who "write books that combine elements of chick lit, mystery and romance," it gets into the writing process, kids, sex, family, books, and whatever else have you.
Barbara's Blog: Barbara Ehrenreich Comments on Working in America - If you've found her books interesting, you'll probably also find her blog interesting, although it's only updated sporadically.
Bitch Ph.D. - Academia, parenting, and feminism, what's not to like?
Boing Boing - I admit that I wait for Boing Boing to approach a couple hundred new posts, then do a massive skim. But the mix of fun, weird, and thought-provoking pointers make it worth dropping by.
Inkygirl: Daily Diversions for Writers - Thoughts on the publishing process, mixed with cartoons.
So what do you read that's absolutely not library-related? If you're a library blogger reading this, consider yourself tagged, and tag your own post fiveblogs.
Labels: bloggers, blogging, fiveblogs
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Oroberosity
A couple of the respondents to the alternative careers survey mentioned that they keep up by reading library blogs, but added parenthetically that they find the well-known blog/bloggers to be too inbred, too repetitive, and too busy patting each other on the back. I've heard people say this before, and I'm wondering how prevalent this feeling is.
I usually like seeing several bloggers take on a given issue, because each tends to have different insights and bring in different links. But, I also try to subscribe to a variety of blogs, as well as to less well-known blogs, to avoid becoming my own filter. While I dearly love my Bloglines (and keep meaning to check out that Google Reader people are raving about -- another reason for repetition, since it takes several times to sink through my head!), I try to be aware of the dangers of confirmation bias as I note myself jumping to the bloggers that I most agree with and skimming over those I don't.
I find This Week in LibraryBlogLand and Carnival of the Infosciences helpful in bringing in ideas and bloggers I might otherwise miss. But, I'm curious: What do you all do to overcome your own confirmation bias? Do you still read the "big name" bloggers?
I usually like seeing several bloggers take on a given issue, because each tends to have different insights and bring in different links. But, I also try to subscribe to a variety of blogs, as well as to less well-known blogs, to avoid becoming my own filter. While I dearly love my Bloglines (and keep meaning to check out that Google Reader people are raving about -- another reason for repetition, since it takes several times to sink through my head!), I try to be aware of the dangers of confirmation bias as I note myself jumping to the bloggers that I most agree with and skimming over those I don't.
I find This Week in LibraryBlogLand and Carnival of the Infosciences helpful in bringing in ideas and bloggers I might otherwise miss. But, I'm curious: What do you all do to overcome your own confirmation bias? Do you still read the "big name" bloggers?
Labels: bloggers, blogging, blogs, confirmationbias
