Blog networking, blogwalking and being a boundary subject

Just a few semi-related things:

1. For my thinking on weblogs in relation building (re: one-way relations and online/offline differences): links to AOIR stories about meeting other bloggers by Jill Walker, Torill Mortensen, Anders Fagerjord and Tracy Kennedy. It’s a nice reading if you want to have a pause with a smile :)

I managed to talk to many others from AOIR 5.0 bloggers list, but my personal fun stories include:

• turning participant badge to see if someone I suspected to be Alex Halavais was him,
• discovering Axel Bruns because someone next to me was heavily typing on Tablet PC,
• jumping around impatiently before I could say to Jill Walker that I was “Lilia from Mathemagenic”,
• chasing Eugene Gorny and Lois Ann Scheidt as I knew they were there, wanted to talk, but had no idea how to find them.

But to be fair I enjoyed most the moment when Alex said that my weblog was more serious than me :)

2. BlogWalk/AOIR intro experiences: weblog title may say more than your real name…

3. An observation: while on this trip I met two groups of bloggers (BlogWalk crowd and AOIR bloggers) that have some interconnections within they seem not to be connected. I experienced two different sets of references to blogging experiences and other bloggers… Doesn’t mean that they do not have anything in common (they do, as bringing Alex Halavais and Matt Mower for a dinner shows ;), just seem to live in different parts of the blogosphere.

And, as I belong to both groups I could proudly call myself a boundary subject, which is a living version of boundary object :)

4. Of course, weblogs are good for relation building, but f2f is so much fun… What could be better than sharing food and BlogWalking around London? For those interested (before the official announcement ;) – next guided tour is November 11-12 in Umea, Sweden.

This post also appears on channels BlogWalk and AOIR

Archived version of this entry is available at http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2004/09/28.html#a1363; comments are here.

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