State of the Blogosphere (Your mother!)

With Spring Break upon us, we're nearly half done with our time together. Try not to cry. (Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in.)

So, much like our Commander-in-Chief (who won reelection by tens of votes), the duty falls to us to examine the state of our blogosphere. Ahem.

So, without further ado, I'd love you all to consider the following questions:

1.) What have I accomplished so far?
2.) Where do I see my blogs going?
3.) Is this getting easier, harder, neither, both?
4.) Am I coming up with new and different things to say each week? Is that necessary?
5.) What have I learned?
6.) Why should what I'm writing be a blog rather than something else?

Post your answers here!

Read Me!

Call it dereliction of duty. Call it laziness. Call me undedicated.

I have not been updating this page, and therefore haven't been giving anyone any incentive to check back here. Shame on me.

So, in an effort to get this up and running, I thought maybe this could be a place to start our discussion of the Internet and Democracy. Whether you've read the handout for next week or not, what are you initial thoughts on the notion that the web is a democratic space or medium? Is this an empowering thought? Are you buying it? What makes it democratic, or what could make it more democratic? Should the internet, or blogs specifically, be political?