Prior to the beginning of this semester, I had never written or posted a blog.  In the absence of course requirements to do so, I doubt that I would have started blogging on my own – in fact, I can say with absolute certainty that I would not have.  Here are my observations on my own blogging experience:

• Blogging takes me a long time – I don’t think I ever spent less than 2-3 hours on a blog; 
• I’m not sure I ever got into the swing of what blogging should be – I’m fairly certain that my posts were pretty low on the technical creativity side;
• I tried to find topics that were interesting and useful to me – they weren’t always exploding with innovation, but I went with what I felt I could respond to;
• I think I gained something from the experience – if nothing else, I did something that I probably wouldn’t have tried otherwise, and I did think about my writing;
• I probably won’t continue blogging in the immediate future unless it’s directly related to something that I need to do – I basically need to focus on my dissertation research and other work at this point.

So, I’m not an immediate convert.  That said, I probably will blog again in the future when it contributes to my work and priorities.  The past few months have gotten me over the initial fear of blogging, and I can also see how it can be very useful.  In closing, this is the last blog I will be posting for a while, but it certainly won’t be the last one I ever post.  Who knows, I may end up blogging again sooner than I think.