Hey Jeffrey,

Blogging is a difficult topic. It often (implicitly) holds different purposes. Probably its main distinctive characteristic is that it can make your learning visible to the world. It is social. It creates the possibility for others to read your thoughts and to interact with you on that. For a great deal, this is a process of profiling. Show the world who you are, hope others connect and share your content. Learn through the network, the interactions.

Great, I would say, but yet the main pitfall lies in this networked characteristic. Where do we draw the line between writing for personal reflection and writing for networking? From the advantages networking has (professional profiling, receiving feedback, etc.) i sometimes tend to write for an audience (as expert) instead of writing for personal reflection at the times i find that necessary. At the same time, when i dont do that it could be that i dont blog for a while and loose the audience.

joost