Tag: blogging
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10 Years of Blogging
According to a notification I just received, today is my 10-year anniversary on WordPress. Originally, this was little more than a webpage introducing me as an aspiring PhD candidate. At the time, there was some consensus that having an online presence was a good thing, and I thought it might impress the admissions boards at…
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2015 in Review
Highlights of a year of blogging – with comments on Native/Non-Native Speakers of English, feral children, and complexity theory.
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Your search terms, revealed
There was a time, not too long ago, when Google would share the search terms (or ‘keywords’) that led readers to this blog. Google now encrypts this data, which means that I can no longer know what brought most of you here, but I can still get some clues from the search terms shared by other…
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Recently Read: Language wars, critical friends, and websites quoting me
This week’s collection of noteworthy items looks into what happens to the language of post-colonial polities; reports on the inevitable clash of cultures when authoritarian regimes and the last bastions of free speech share office space; reminds readers of the value of critical friends; and looks into the advantages of blogging. English in Ghana The first story…
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Thinking about setting up an academic blog?
I am a relatively recent newcomer to academic blogging: I started my blog in January 2012 (although I did have a personal blog which I started in September 2006). Recently [in 2014], I crossed the 30,000 views landmark [update: as of 2024, the views counter is well over one million], which is perhaps a modest…
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Thoughts on academic blogging
This post has been prompted by a small personal landmark. Earlier today, this blog passed the 30,000 views mark, after about 30 months of operation. Of course, the views are not evenly distributed: for more than a year after it was created, this webspace operated mostly as an online CV/academic homepage, and the blog section…