Visitors can probably tell that I’m a total blogging newbie. I think of myself as somewhat tech savvy for someone of my age, but there’s a lot to learn about publishing a blog — a whole new vocabulary. RSS, pinging, trackback, CSS, XML.
I have been keeping a quasi-blog for my PhD program, but it’s really just a Web page that I update every month or so. It also has been focused on the process of my program, which is valuable to record, but I evolved into wanting something more content oriented.
Keeping this blog is actually a part of my coursework, and I truly didn’t imagine when I conceived it that I would be getting a whole technical education on top of creating a venue for synthesizing what I’m learning about storytelling. I’m very grateful for the help I’ve enlisted with the blog. And I hope any veteran bloggers who visit will be patient with my ignorance as I learn the ropes.
And how come Movable Type doesn’t have a spell-checker?