Comments on: Learning from Great Comments

By: Christy Tucker

Christy Tucker — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:28:06 +0000

Social bookmarking is a must if you want to find things again. And there’s always a need for balance between structuring the time for things you have to get done on a schedule and for the things that benefit your own learning. I think you need to make time for yourself too.

By: Virginia Yonkers

Virginia Yonkers — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:41:01 +0000

The problem with the three links is that you come across something good, but then lose it unless you remember to bookmark it somewhere (I am so glad I found del.icio.us this year!). You also need to have time to do the three link thing and then you have gone out on a tangent. I then find I am lost from my original purpose in reading the blog. While it does stretch the thinking, it can also cause you to lose focus when it is most needed (i.e. when I should be correcting papers or writing my dissertation, I find I have gone in a whole new direction).

By: Christy Tucker

Christy Tucker — Mon, 26 May 2008 01:36:28 +0000

Dave Ferguson said he does the three links out regularly. I can definitely see that if you did that once a week or so that you could really stretch yourself. I’m going to try to repeat that activity myself.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 26 May 2008 00:10:18 +0000

I really like the three links out activity, for some reason. It seemed to make some connections that I wasn’t making before, and it was like tracking an animal path through the woods — only to discover some lost treasures (never really lost, right?)

That is one activity I want to try again.

Kevin

By: Christy Tucker

Christy Tucker — Sun, 25 May 2008 13:27:04 +0000

“Great commenters care and make me care.” Very succinct; I like it!

Both blogging and commenting have to be habits; they have to be part of your regular practice. Neither blog posts nor comments are going to be great every time. When you do them regularly though, your odds of a good question or a conversation-generating post go up.

By: Britt Watwood

Britt Watwood — Sun, 25 May 2008 12:48:06 +0000

Thanks for the plug – though I wish I asked good questions more often. If you ask enough, some are bound to be good! Two other things – I could not do the 5 by 5 either…I take too much time thinking through comments. And my take on great comments captures a lot of what you said – great commenters care and make me care.

By: Christy Tucker

Christy Tucker — Sun, 25 May 2008 03:15:49 +0000

I know I’ve been to Doug’s blog before, but it’s been months. I don’t subscribe to his, so he sort of fell off my radar. I was glad to be reminded of it today though.

By: Rob O.

Rob O. — Sun, 25 May 2008 03:06:07 +0000

Hey, thanks for the link! And I’m really glad you discovered Doug Johnson’s Blue Skunk blog by way of mine. There’s a wealth of interesting stuff to be found over at Doug’s.