Hello there. I haven't been posting much over here, and that's the point of this post.
I've noticed (and I'm sure you have too) a trend amongst the Neuroblogs. Those that deal specifically with the Cam have been gathering dust for the past month or so, and some have been taken offline completely. Others have been declared defunct by their authors, but left online (which, as an archivist, I wholeheartedly support). And some Cam blogs, like mine, have suffered a slow death through increasingly sporadic posting.
The Cam blogs that have flourished, on the other hand, are the ones that have been diverse in topic from the beginning, or that have evolved to such a state. Certain blogs among those are more entertaining than others, and have developed a loyal following. I like that. Even when there's not a whiff of Cam in the room, the esprit de corps persists in its absence. Or, as Tript says:
I think I'm more interested in seeing cool bars and cooler nights out from around the world than reading about the cam, this is what we should all be doing.
Using the community for good, not evil.
Here, here. Because, and it's taken me an absurd amount of time to realize this, Neurocam can't exist in a vacuum. If we're going to derive any value from an online component of this experience, our output is going to have to consist of more than just assignment updates and wild speculation about upper management. We have as much to learn from each other as we do from the Cam, about both the pure and the profane in life. So I guess I'm simply encouraging all of you to keep talking about yourselves, and the things that interest you. Because I dig it. And I'll be at [edit: my personal blog] from now on.
If we're going to derive any value from an online component of this experience, our output is going to have to consist of more than just assignment updates and wild speculation about upper management.
Uh, that said ... When's the last time anybody heard from old Charlie? I think I'm officially concerned.