Breaking into the Academy: More Blogging Advice

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As a fourth year doctoral candidate, in addition to having completed comprehensive examinations and prospectus and working on the dissertation, my thoughts are also turning towards the job market and securing that first academic position. This purpose of this blog is to chronicle the trials and tribulations of completing my Ph.D. and finding that first job.

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

More Blogging Advice

Here are a couple of things that have come across my Bloglines that may be of use to some people out there:

Evan Schaeffer's Legal Underground - entry with a list of Ten New Year's Resolutions for Bloggers
Dooced! - an entry from the Academic Coach with a scare story about why we shouldn't blog sing our real names
Blog software comparison chart - exactly what it says
Blogging rubric - an interesting rubric for evaluating students blogging for a university course
Blogging 101 Article? - a query about a Blogging 101 article that was posted to MSN news
18 Lessons on Blogging - a straight forward piece of advice from a blogger of three years
Dental School Blogger Punishment Reduced - an interesting item about the perils of student blogging again
How to become a blogger: Part 1 - no description needed
Why Blog? - Frank Catalano, THE Journal - a nice article on the topic
Why Blog? Why Not? - a response to that article

I'll post more as I come across them...

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