{"id":28408,"date":"2015-02-08T06:38:01","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T11:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=28408"},"modified":"2015-02-08T06:38:01","modified_gmt":"2015-02-08T11:38:01","slug":"do-what-you-already-do-publicly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2015\/02\/do-what-you-already-do-publicly.html","title":{"rendered":"Do What You Already Do, Publicly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Donna Yates<\/a> recently offered this challenge to other academics, and I wanted to share it, since it gets at the heart of what it means to be an academic who blogs, or has a Twitter account, or who is otherwise active on social media:<\/p>\n

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So, dear reader, I challenge you to evaluate your normal routine. Think about the information you collect on a daily basis, think about the stuff you aggregate for yourself, and think about the data artefacts that you generate. Is there something that you do already that could go public with very little effort? I think probably so. Is that thing useful or interesting to other people? Very likely if it is interesting and useful to you. Will sharing it help your career\/research\/life? In my experience, yes, but you\u2019ll have to consider that for yourself.<\/p>\n

And be bold! Absolutely no one notices when a digital knowledge sharing project fails. I\u2019ve tried so many projects that I have later abandoned because they were unpopular, they were too much work, or they didn\u2019t have the expected benefits for me\u2026<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t start a blog if blogging isn\u2019t your thing. You are just going to burn yourself out. Same goes for twitter or, really, anything else that you are told that you should do. Don\u2019t force it. Rather, enhance what you are good at, what you are up to already. Always ask \u2018can this have a public face\u2019 and don\u2019t be afraid to give it a try and abandon it if it doesn\u2019t work for you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Thanks to Paul Barford<\/a> for drawing this post to my attention.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Donna Yates recently offered this challenge to other academics, and I wanted to share it, since it gets at the heart of what it means to be an academic who blogs, or has a Twitter account, or who is otherwise active on social media: So, dear reader, I challenge you to evaluate your normal routine. 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