Textologies Weblog Is Ready to Roll

Why a weblog?
Good question. The main purpose is to create a space to note ongoing developments in online communication, and to provide a less formal space for exploration and discussion.
The decision to run a complementary weblog is also a function of my own long-time interest in and use of the form. If you’re interested, you might want to check out my professional weblog to get a sense of why I can get so passionate about personal publishing.
Of special interest is the “links and resources” section, which features a dynamically-updated collection of pertinent links, brought to us in an unceasing flow by the miracle of RSS. We’ll be talking more about how tools such as weblogs and RSS support distributed communication as the course progresses… And hopefully you as a student will feel welcome to join in the discussion however you feel most comfortable — by posting comments to postings, by taking out an account on this weblog and posting, or by starting a weblog of your own (or with others).
I’ve deliberately started things off somewhat light — we hope that this weblog will evolve in response to the interests and contributions of our course community, and that we will thematically follow our collective muse.