http://thesocietypages.org/citings/2008/02/07/the-socioblogical-imagination/ Scanning the journals and tracking the media for the best in cutting edge social science, served up in a concise, snappy style. Edited by students in the undergraduate and graduate sociology programs at the University of Minnesota. Sun, 20 May 2012 15:14:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://thesocietypages.org/citings/2008/02/07/the-socioblogical-imagination/#comment-5 doug5 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:56:48 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/crawler/2008/02/07/the-socioblogical-imagination/#comment-5 In the Mills quote, A blog(journal) to capture “fringe thoughts" seems like an interesting way to frame it. Thoughts are ephemeral things. Concretizing them to allow them to be organized, blended, synthesized, analyzed, seems sensible. Some people talk to themselves aloud to concretize, some write scrap notes, others diaries and blogs. But I've noticed that some blogs don't expect or don't want comments; that goes back to the talking to oneself model, and why post something that's meant to be private like an old-fashioned diary with a lock and key. Is it meant to be found? For what purpose. In the Mills quote,
A blog(journal) to capture “fringe thoughts” seems like an interesting way to frame it. Thoughts are ephemeral things. Concretizing them to allow them to be organized, blended, synthesized, analyzed, seems sensible. Some people talk to themselves aloud to concretize, some write scrap notes, others diaries and blogs. But I’ve noticed that some blogs don’t expect or don’t want comments; that goes back to the talking to oneself model, and why post something that’s meant to be private like an old-fashioned diary with a lock and key. Is it meant to be found? For what purpose.

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