17 April 2008¶ Me, publicly.

I think I’ve mentioned before how anonymous academic blogs made me uncomfortable. I think I’ve said how they quickly devolve into kvetching and whinging and one-upping how much more they suffer than everyone else. I’m all for whistle-blowers who will use the welcoming blanket of anonymity to protect their revealing of dangerous truth, but somehow “My advisor is such a dung-head” doesn’t seem quite as worthy. Maybe it’s just me? Still, this is the reason I’ve stopped reading almost all of the pseudonymous blogs I know of.

I thought I’d do my part to support a non-anonymous academic web by making my blogger profile (from whence I occasionally will comment on said blogs as well as their non-anonymous counterparts) with my actual name and a link to this site and some details about me. No more of this empty profile garbage: I’m showing the real me.

I flatly refuse to answer their dopey “random question” at the bottom. Even transparent I have standards.

Well, that quickly turns into me trying to accomplish… what? I’m not sure. I tried to use the full 1200 characters they offer, which turns out to be able to contain a surprising amount of personal information. Finally, I had to just step away and curse my own time-wasting tendencies. Who will see it, anyway? Well, you will, if you choose to click through. I won’t hold it against you for foregoing the pleasure, however.

Comment

  1. brave. i’ll remain veiled, thanks. too much at stake if institutions and administrators begin poking around….

    — renaissance girl · Apr 19, 12:16 AM · #

  2. So, you’ve been doing a little extra curricular research, I see.

    — Omgirl · Apr 21, 04:35 PM · #

  3. So, is pseudonymous a real word or a Jeff word?

    — Justine · Apr 27, 12:04 PM · #

Textile Help

|