The Search Principle blog

Back in late 2004, when Google scholar was first released to the world, the UBC Office of Learning Technology helped me start this blog. They helped me to enter the (at that time) well-established blogosphere in the best way. A shout-out to all the OLT folks.

I had no clue that five years later, I’d still be blogging – and that I’d want to keep blogging. I guess you could say I’ve grown to like it.

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So when OLT decided to move its entire cadre of UBC bloggers over to WordPress, and approached me recently to move Google scholar blog, I had serious doubts about the direction I’d go. Would I use a more minimalist abject learning template? Would I concentrate on my blogging at Open Medicine?

I even contemplated deangiustini.com. On reflection, I realized blogging is an extension of my digital identity as a health librarian working in the Google age. I’m not interested in promoting myself as a speaker or using a blog for commercial purposes. I am very grateful that anyone wants to read what I have to say but am under no delusion it would make me a penny.

Which is to say – stay tuned, a new blog (a rebirthing) of my blog identity is coming soon. My hope is that any content built here will be available over at the new WordPress-enabled blog.

Thanks for the last five years, all. ~Dean