I've just realised that it has been almost two months since I posted anything to this little blog. Unlike my previous blogging hiatus, this blogging break was not planned in any way, it just happened. My absence from the blogosphere was not because there was nothing worth blogging about or nothing I wanted to say. In fact there have actually been several issues and stories I have wanted to blog about over the last two months: Microsoft's Politics and Technology Forum in Canberra and Joe Trippi's visit to Brisbane; Senator Conroy's ongoing attempt to censor the internet in Australia; the Queensland State election; the High Court challenge to the Australian Government's stimulus package; the seeming convergence of Twitter and Facebook; Hilary: The Movie; and the role of the news media in the digital age ...
So why no updates? Primarily because I have been very busy at work since the semester started in February. The roll out of a core new constitutional law unit, that utilises a wide range of new communication technologies like podcasts and wikis, has consumed more of my time than I had anticipated when I designed the learning and technology methodology and considered the pedagogy. However in addition to frequently being time poor, I have also been finding other forums to communicate my ideas and interests; mainly Twitter but also the traditional media. The increasing amount of radio and print media interviews I have been doing has allowed me to express my views and passions to a wider audience than this humble little blog.
So what is happening with this blog? The honest answer is I don't know. I'm not going to shut it down just yet but I also don't know how viable it is moving forward. In the second half of this year I plan to commence a PhD which means that I am only going to get busier and busier, presumably making it harder and harder to blog. Ages ago I thought about opening it up as a group blog, but I can't really imagine anyone wanting to join this blog as part of a team of bloggers. I might make it more of a portal to some of my other work and publications. Or I might just keep it here as a space I can go to vent when nowhere else wants to hear what I have to say. But I'll make that decision another day.
In the meantime, feel free to follow my mundane life on Twitter @PeterBlackQUT.
