{"id":2008,"date":"2010-06-08T14:17:15","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T06:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/?p=2008"},"modified":"2010-06-08T14:17:15","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T06:17:15","slug":"first-have-something-to-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/08\/first-have-something-to-say\/","title":{"rendered":"First have something to say…"},"content":{"rendered":"

“First have something to say”. That’s my cardinal rule of blogging, which is what makes this 30 posts in 30 days<\/a> challenge…well… a challenge. It’s similar to the Twitter365 Challenge, where sometimes I ended up with the oddest photos just to take a photo of something…<\/p>\n

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I’ve had less to say over the last six months with a change of jobs and completing my studies, and this blog has reflected that.<\/p>\n

A couple of days ago, Sue\u00a0wondered about blogging about professional issues and the effect on one’s career<\/a> – the effect of having too much to say and it being taken the wrong way. She kicked off from a couple of posts from the insightful, wise and direct Dorothea Salo who\u00a0has been concerned about her blog damaging her career<\/a> as she moves to new responsibilities. Con<\/a> and bookgrrrl<\/a> put a different slant on the topic, looking at one’s own perception of having something to say – what made one “worthy” to have a voice in the professional area (conclusion – sensibly- there is not qualifying criteria, just do it).<\/p>\n

Kate’s response<\/a> has been closest to where I am. She has no problem with blogging about professional issues. That’s why she created her blog. She blurs her personal and professional anyhow, but wonders whether she could now start putting more of the personal into her blogging.<\/p>\n

I’m wondering the same. I have another 22 posts to go in the 30 posts in 30 days challenge. After a week of trying to do “think posts” I’m going to change my goalposts and aim for a week of getting more personal. I’m not going to avoid the professional, but will maybe push it over to librariesinteract.info<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Now, I was going to talk about my motivation for blogging and how I have so far blended\/separated my personal\/professional…except I have written a post’s worth already and after reading Michael Agger’s post about How We Read Online<\/a>, I daren’t .<\/p>\n

(Except to say that I find it really confronting to think about blogging personally. I think I have built up my readership around the professional topics and “voice” of the blog – and mixing it up might disappoint my readers who come here for library thoughts, not to find out about me.<\/p>\n

Maybe it’s a bit like a restaurant though – mix it up every couple of years or go out of business ( although here I sit in Gino’s coffee shop in Freo that has been the same for 25 years or so…)<\/p>\n

So – to keep it useful to my readers, what do you want to know? What would you like to hear about? What have I been omitting in the blog-me that you would like to know about? What’s something you’d like me to talk about? ) <\/p>\n

Post 9 of the \u00a030 posts in 30 days<\/a> challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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