What I Learned About Blogging

A little less than two years ago, I concluded that I should blog. My motives were vague. As an author, it seemed wise to go where audiences congregate. As a novice think-tank person, it seemed attractive to purvey research and ideas in an untraditional format. As a writer (distinct from being an author), I hoped that the largely unedited diary format might return my experience of the work itself to some of the joys of its origins—travelogue, humor, experimentation, very amateur photography...