My new class has begun and I've got lots of websites started. Too many passwords to remember. I'm signed in to WordPress, Adobe Spark and Edublogs. I hear WordPress has a steeper learning curve than most, but makes for lovely presentations. I'm confident I can do it, I just need more time. Growth mindset for the win! Thanks Dr. Dweck (2006). I did have a few moments of wishing ill on my computer while I was working with WordPress though. Adobe Spark is really easy and beautiful, but it's truly a single page that doesn't fit my vision of how I think I want to organize my site and to be able to customize as much as I would like would require a financial investment. This got me thinking about a video clip of Seth Godin and Tom Peters from 2012.
They both said blogging is free and will change your life. It's all about reflecting and putting your thoughts together in a coherent sense even if no one ever reads them. Or maybe your cat is the only one who ever reads them. Edublogs looked promising, but I found myself recreating what I have built on Blogger and taking more time to do it. Time that can be hard to come by. This working, parenting, adulting, going back to school gig is not for the weak! For now, I'm going to expand on what I have already built (on Blogger). Because I like it. And it makes sense to me. It's not perfect, by any means. I'd like to be able to do more with graphics and pictures. I've shared my site with some of my colleagues at work and maybe they'll type some inspiring comments (hint, hint Sara, Lauren and Kelly). My concern in the last 48 hours has become instead of debating the merits of various platforms with myself (usually I win, but not always), who owns this? I know who I am blogging for. Me. And my cat. Her name is Buttercup (there's a whole story...at the shelter around Halloween her name was "the Bride," as in "of Frankenstein." But the kids and I thought of The Princess Bride (1973), which of course led to Princess Buttercup and that's what stuck). But seriously, who owns my blog? More thoughts and action on that to come soon.
References
Dweck, Carol. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York, NY: Random House.
Goldman, W. (1973). The princess bride: S. Morgenstern's classic tale of true love and high adventure: the "good parts" version. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich.
Video Blogging for Business (Producer). (2012, Sept. 30). Seth Godin & Tom Peters Interview. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/V4rq6Md3eHw
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