At the beginning of 2015, I posted my reflections on a decade of blogging. The precepts I discussed, still hold as I come up to the end of my 20th year of blogging!
One would think that in this age of AI and short communication forms (Snapchat, TikTok, X etc.), that blogging would have faded. However, SEO's article, written at the beginning of 2024, indicates that blogging is not dead! Readership of blogs is still high and seem to be a mainstay of marketers, influencers and commentators.
However, for me, the purposes for continuing with this blog remains very similar to what was summarised 10 years ago. The blog becomes a 'one stop shop' for archiving notes and reflections from readings, found resources/websites, conference musings, and occasional rants. Having somewhere to park items one comes across in a busy work and scholarly life means that it becomes easier to organise thoughts and ideas as they consolidate. With the increase in open access articles and books, links to these resources can be archived, along with brief notes to trigger relevant searches when topics being worked on are required.
So continuing on with blogging is more to meet my individual cognitive needs, rather than to provide a forum for others to read. If nothing else, this blog is a record of a mostly productive academic life and long may it continue :)
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